Brian McKay b. 1926 Meckering, WA

  • Artist (Printmaker), (Painter)
Brian McKay is known as a social realist and abstract expressionist painter and printmaker. He had no formal art training but later taught art.
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 1996
Name
Brian McKay
Birth date
1926
Birth place
Meckering, WA
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Painter)
Residence
  • Western Australia
Other Occupation
  • Art teacher
Languages
  • English
Is Indigenous
No
Initial Record Data Source
  • Black and white artists

painter, printmaker and art teacher, was born at Meckering, WA, on 18 March 1926. He had no formal art training. Did social realist prints as well as abstract expressionist paintings.

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Writers:
Staff Writer
Date written:
1996
Last updated:
2007
Citations:
  • Harley, Lucielle and Waterlow, Nick, (1991), Brian McKay, Painter, (Place: Fremantle Arts Centre Press, Fremantle, WA)
  • McCulloch, Alan, (1984), Encyclopedia of Australian Art, (Place: Hutchinson of Australia, Melbourne, Victoria (2nd edition))
  • Kolenberg, Hendrik, (1981), Printmaking as Painting - Brian McKay's recent work, (Place: Art and Australia, April, 18)