Rosaleen Norton Born 1917 in New Zealand she lived in Australia. Inspired by such as Crowley, Dion Fortune, Eliphas Levi and Papus Norton devised her own system of ceremonial magic. This was informed by a coherent cosmology which was individual but drew upon Jung and the Golden Dawn. She employed sex and drugs in ritual, and the pictures that she produced were overtly occult and depicted sexual abandon. She championed a Bohemian lifestyle and rebelled against the repressed morality of the day. Between 1937 and 1960 she and her friends endured persection by the Vice Squad which resulted in some pictures being destroyed, swinging fines and sensationalistic press attention. She died in 1973.

Sno-ark

Unsigned. 16ins x 13ins. abstract oil painting on board. Title written in black on back of picture in same handwriting etc. as swamp. Frame identical to swamp. Two small holes where picture was screwed to the wall in an Australian Pub to prevent it being stolen. £900

Swamp

Signed. 36" x 24" oil painting on board. Title on back of picture. Four small holes where picture was screwed to the wall in an Australian Pub to prevent it being stolen. (SOLD)

The Cat

Signed. 24" x 18" oil painting on board. Title on back of picture. Two holes in frame where the picture was screwed to the wall in an Australian Pub to prevent it being stolen. No. 16 in the Supplement to "The Art of Rosaleen Norton". (SOLD)

The Temptress

Signed. 17ins x 13ins pastel/paint (some metallic copper and silver paint) on paper. No. 39 in the Supplement to "The Art of Rosaleen Norton".Something of a self-portrait!. (SOLD)


The Occult Art Gallery & Caduceus Books can supply the following books, plus postage at cost:--

Keith Richmond, The Occult Visions of Rosaleen Norton, Oceania Lodge O. T. O., & Kings Cross Arts Guild 2000, Large Format (12ins x 8ins) card covers 20pp Excellent essay describing artists life, plus photos of her and her pictures nine of which are reproduced in colour. Published to accompany an exhibition in Sydney £10

Rosaleen Norton, The Art of Rosaleen Norton, With Poems by Gavin Greenless, Glover 1982. very large format (12ins x 10ins) 78pp 4 coloured plates & many illustrations. The large format carries well the lascivious & uncosy occult visions of Norton whose importance is coming to be recognised. Mint in Mint dustwrapper £60

Rosaleen Norton, The Art of Rosaleen Norton, With Poems by Gavin Greenless, Glover 1982. very large format (12ins x 10ins) 78pp 4 coloured plates & many illustrations. One of 50 numbered copies bound in full leather in slipcase. Also has prospectus and promotional phototgraph Very large format 78pp 4 coloured plates & many Illustrations. Fine Condition £250