Wallace Thornton b. 1915

  • Artist (Painter)
Painter, joined Sir John Longstaff in living and working in a studio at Elizabeth Bay House in the 1930s. Friend of Wolfgang Cardamatis. A photograph of Thornton painting in his studio was published in the Sydney Morning Herald.
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 1999
Name
Wallace Thornton
Birth date
1915
Death date
1991
Death place
None
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Residence
  • c.1932- c.1941 Elizabeth Bay House, Elizabeth Bay, Sydney, NSW
Active Period
  • c.1930- c.1939
Languages
  • English
Is Indigenous
No
Initial Record Data Source
  • Legacy data. Source 'unknown'

Painter, joined Sir John Longstaff in living and working in a studio at Elizabeth Bay House in the 1930s after the house had been purchased by the Bank of New Zealand (in 1932) and before it was converted into 16 'bed-sit’ flats furnished with antiques (in 1941). A photograph of Thornton painting in his Elizabeth Bay House studio was published in the Sydney Morning Herald in July 1935 (reproduced insites winter 2003, p.6). He and Wolfgang Cardamatis , another young studio occupant, were renowned for the fabulous parties they held there.

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Writers:
Staff Writer
Date written:
1999
Last updated:
2011
associate of
J. Wolfgang Cardamatis
1917
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Donald Friend
1915
Artist
associate of
Godfrey Miller
1893
Artist (Painter), Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Photographer)
associate of
Maxwell Edward Sell
1929
Artist (Painter)
Teacher
Recognitions
Sulman Prize
1954
Award
Citations:
  • (2003), insites (winter), (Place: Sydney, NSW : Historic Houses Trust of NSW, p.6)
  • McCulloch, A.; and McCulloch, S., (1994), The Encyclopedia of Australian Art, (Place: St Leonards, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin)