were primarily made in metal. Raised in country New South Wales, she
trained at Sydney's College of Fine Arts (COFA) and London's Chelsea
School of Art. She settled in Sydney, where she practised and taught
until her death by suicide in 2006. Oliver's sculptures are admired for
their tactile nature, their aesthetics, and the technical skills
demonstrated in their production. In her later career, most of her
pieces were commissions, both public and private. Her major works
include Vine, a 16.5-metre high (54 ft) sculpture in the Sydney Hilton,
Palm (pictured) and Magnolia in the Sydney Botanical Gardens, and Big
Feathers in Brisbane's Queen Street Mall. Recognition of her work
included selection as a finalist in the inaugural Helen Lempriere
National Sculpture Award in 2000, inclusion in the National Gallery of
Australia's 2002 National Sculpture Prize exhibition, and being
shortlisted for the 2006 Clemenger Contemporary Art Award. Her works
are held in major Australian collections, including the National Gallery
of Australia, the National Gallery of Victoria and the Art Gallery of
New South Wales.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronwyn_Oliver>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1699:
The signing of the Treaty of Karlowitz to conclude the Austro-
Ottoman War marked the end of Ottoman control in much of Central Europe
and the rise of the Habsburg Monarchy as the dominant power in the
region.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Karlowitz>
1808:
Governor of New South Wales William Bligh was deposed by the
New South Wales Corps in the only successful armed takeover of
government in Australia's recorded history.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rum_Rebellion>
1918:
A group of Red Guards hung a red lantern atop the tower of
Helsinki Workers' Hall to symbolically mark the start of the Finnish
Civil War.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish_Civil_War>
1949:
The Hale telescope at Palomar Observatory in California, the
largest aperture optical telescope in the world for 28 years, saw first
light.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hale_telescope>
1952:
Spontaneous anti-British riots erupted in Cairo following the
killings of 50 Egyptian auxiliary police the day before.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairo_Fire>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
monoousian:
(theology) Having one and the same nature or essence, especially with
regard to the persons of the Trinity.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/monoousian>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Beauty in this Iron Age must turn From fluid living rainbow shapes to
torn And sootened fragments, ashes in an urn On whose gray surface runes
are traced by a Norn Who hopes to wake the Future to arise In Phoenix-
fashion, and to shine with rays To blast the sight of modern men whose
dyes Of selfishness and lust have stained our days.
--Philip José Farmer
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Philip_Jos%C3%A9_Farmer>
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