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Klaus Friedeberger | [stub] |
graphic artist, painter, cartoonist and illustrator. Born in Berlin; he came to Australia in the prison ship Dunera in 1940.
He was a member of the group of German artists who worked in Melbourne c.1940-49, including other "Dunera Boys", Erwin Fabian and Frederick Schonbach. He reputedly worked for the Australasian Post in 1945-46 when the art editor was Alan McCulloch, along with Albert Tucker, McCulloch himself, Schonbach and Fabian.
Studied at East Sydney Technical College, 1947-50 (won Mosman Art Prize 1949), then went to live and work permanently in London. He won a gold medal for his painting at Ostend in 1964.
This entry is a stub. It has been superseded by a full and corrected biography. See daao.org.au/main/read/8080.
Joan Kerr.
Details
Gender: | Male |
Birth: | Date:1922Place:Berlin, Germany |
Arrival: | Date:1940Note:Ship 'Dunera' |
Period active: | Dates:c. 1940 - 1970 |
Medium: | Black & white art |
Medium: | Painting |
Exhibition: | Title:The Europeans: emigré artists in Australia, 1930-1960Date:1997Place:National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (and touring) |
Collection: | Natioanl Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT |
Training: | Dates:1947 - 1950Place:East Sydney Technical College, Darlinghurst, NSW |
Recognition: | Winner: Mosman Art Prize, 1949 |
Recognition: | Gold medal, Ostend, 1964 |
Associate: | Schonbach, Frederick |
Associate: | Fabian, Erwin |
Associate: | McCulloch, Alan |
Associate: | Tucker, Albert |
Associate: | Mack, Ludwig Hirschfeld |
Associated organisation: | Dunera Boys |
Residence: | Dates:c. 1945 - 1947Place:Melbourne, Vic. |
Residence: | Dates:c. 1947 - 1950Place:Sydney, NSW |
Residence: | Dates:c. 1950 - 2006Place:London, England, UK |
Biographer: | Kerr, Joan |
Source of info: | Black and white artists |
Date written: | Date:c. 1999 - 2003 |
Date modified: | Date:2007 |
Reference: | Title:New acqisitions: developing the collection 97-99Year:1999?Published:National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT, (press release) |
Reference: | Title:Encyclopedia of Australian ArtYear:1984Author:McCulloch, AlanPublished:Melbourne, Vic., (2nd edn) |
Reference: | Year:1963Published:Arts Review, London, England, UK, January 26Note:1963-02-09 |
Reference: | Title:The Europeans: emigré artists in Australia, 1930-1960Year:1997Author:Butler, Roger (ed.)Published:National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT |
Summary: | One of the "Dunera Boys" interned in Hay, New South Wales, during World War II. Artist and cartoonist. Friedeberger won Mosman Art Prize in 1949. |