Name
Robert Emerson Curtis
Also known as:
  • Robert Curtis
  • R. E. C.
  • Cabby
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
  • Designer (Graphic Designer)
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Other Occupation
  • official war artist (ANZSIC code: 7600)
  • architectural draftsman (ANZSIC code: 6921)
  • Camouflage Officer (ANZSIC code: 7600)
Birth date
4 October 1898
Birth place
Croydon, Surrey [Greater London], England, UK
Death date
23 March 1996
Death place
NSW
Active Period
  • c.1921 - c.1989
Arrival
  • 1914
Residence
  • c.1971 - c.1996 NSW
  • 1969 - 1970 Overseas (New Zealand, Central America, USA, Europe and Asia )
  • 1959 - 1969 Sydney, NSW
  • 1941 - 1943 New Guinea (With the RAAF )
  • c.1939- Melbourne, Vic
  • 1932 - 1938 regional Australia (including Newcastle, Broken Hill, Kalgoorlie, Port Kembla )
  • 1928 - 1932 Sydney, NSW
  • 1922 - 1928 USA
  • 1914 - 1921 Queensland
  • 1912 - 1914 England, UK
  • 1909 - 1912 Chile
Training
  • 1909 - 1912 Chile
  • Art Institute of Chicago, IL, USA
  • Art Institute of San Francisco, CA, USA
  • 1912 - 1914 Farnham Grammar School, England, UK
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Black and white artists