Edgar Satchell

  • Artist (Printmaker)
A graphic artist who lived in Western Australia and for a short time was a member of the Australian Ex-Libris Society
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 1996
Name
Edgar Satchell
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Printmaker)
Residence
  • Western Australia, WA
Other Occupation
  • graphic artist
Active Period
  • 1923
Languages
  • English
Is Indigenous
No
Initial Record Data Source
  • Black and white artists

graphic artist, lived in WA and for a short time was a member of the Australian Ex-Libris Society. He mainly did woodcuts, showing work in an exhibition 'to promote interest in the medium of woodcuts’ at Tyrrell’s Gallery, Sydney, in 1923. His wood-engraving bookplate for Percy Neville Barnett, depicting a castle by a river and a knight’s helmet with a bear on top, is illustrated in University of Melbourne’s ex libris catalogue.

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Writers:
Staff Writer
Date written:
1996
Last updated:
2007
associate of
Percy Neville Barnett
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Australian Ex-Libris Society
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
Collections
1923
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Tyrrell's Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Citations:
  • (1996), The Age of Ex Libris: Bookplates from the Library's Collection, (Place: Baillieu Library, University of Melbourne)
  • Moore, William, (1934), The Story of Australian Art