   norman alfred william lindsay (22 february 1879 â 21 november 1969) was an australian artist, sculptor, writer, editorial cartoonist, scale modeler, and an accomplished amateur boxer."norman was extremely interested in boxing and was himself an accomplished amateur. he kept a pair of gloves hanging on a nail behind his studio door and boxed whenever he could find a sparring partner. nat, a male model and former professional boxer, gave norman lessons in the studio.", bloomfield, (1984), p.42. he was born in creswick, victoria. lindsay was the son of anglo-irish surgeon robert charles william alexander lindsay (1843â1915) and jane elizabeth lindsay (1848â1932), daughter of rev. thomas williams, wesleyen missionary. from creswick. the fifth of ten children, he was the brother of percy lindsay (1870â1952), lionel lindsay (1874â1961), ruby lindsay (1885â1919), and daryl lindsay (1889â1976). ==personal life== lindsay married catherine (kate) agatha parkinson, in melbourne on 23 may 1900. their son jack was born in melbourne on 20 october 1900, followed by raymond in 1903 and philip in 1906. they divorced in 1918. philip died in 1958 and raymond in 1960. in the lindsay tradition, jack became a prolific publisher, writer, translator and activist. lindsay is buried in springwood cemetery in springwood, a neighboring suburb of his faulconbridge home. thumb|right|240px|statue of a nude at the norman lindsay gardens ===rose soady=== rose soady began modelling for lindsay in 1902. she became his second wife, his most recognizable model, his business manager, and the printer for most of his etchings. by the time he left for london in 1909, rose supplanted his wife and joined him there in 1910. lindsay married soady on 14 january 1920. their children, jane and helen (honey), were born in 1920 and 1922 respectively. jane died in 1999. honey remained in the u.s. after visiting with her mother to cache her father's works at the beginning of world war ii and jane acquired the printmaking studio on the faulconbridge property in 1949 and built a house around it. honey married twice, the first marri
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