Charles Blackman b. 1928

  • Artist
Charles Blackman is regarded as one of Australia's most important artists of the late twentieth century. This brief biography addresses his print work.
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 1996
Name
Charles Blackman
Birth date
1928
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist
Other Occupation
  • Press artist
Active Period
  • c.1945- c.1996
Languages
  • English
Is Indigenous
No
Initial Record Data Source
  • Black and white artists

painter and printmaker, worked as a press artist for the Sydney Sun in 1945. Lithographs include Schoolgirls with a Dog , (Art Gallery of New South Wales, acq. 1965), The Brickworks , screenprint from lithographic proof printed by Larry Rawlins, AGNSW (acq. 1991), and The Camera Man , screenprint from lithographic proof printed by Larry Rawlins, AGNSW (acq. 1991).

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Writers:
Staff Writer
Date written:
1996
Last updated:
2007
associate of
Larry Rawlins
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
grandparent of
Clementine Blackman
Curator
associate of
Maryke Degeus
1917
Designer (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer), Artist (Ceramist), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Robert Dickerson
1924
Artist
associate of
Jon Molvig
1923
Artist
associate of
Helen Elizabeth Ogilvie
1902
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Artist, Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Fred Williams
1927
Artist (Painter), Artist (Printmaker)
associate of
Antipodeans
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
The Camera Man
The Brickworks
Schoolgirls with a Dog
None
Courtesy of: Eva Breuer Art Dealer
Breakfast Nook
Medium
Oil on canvas
122 x 102 cm
Collections
Citations:
  • Brown, Anna, (c.1999), Joan Kerr Archive, (Place: National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT)
  • Blackman, Charles, (1996), Drawing Dreams, (Place: Limited edition (88 copies) of 37 hand-printed silkscreen drawings, Melbourne, Vic. : Alessi & Elliot)