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Rod Shaw b. 17 September 1915

Also known as Schweik, Roderick Shaw, Roderick Malcolm Shaw

Artist (Printmaker),
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator),
Artist (Painter),
Designer (Graphic Designer)

Rod Shaw was a dominant figure in the left wing Studio of Realist Art in the 1950s while also being half of the progressive publisher, Edwards & Shaw which printed both the banned book The Trial of Lady Chatterely and the Art Gallery of New South Wales' catalogues. He was also well known as a painter,graphic artist, and cartoonist.

Tags: Political activism, Anti-war, Communist, Anti-censorship

National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT

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Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia

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The Art Gallery of New South Wales began in the 1870s as an aspect of the Academy of Art. Later it became known as the National Art Gallery of NSW. This name persisted beyond Federation in 1901. It was given its present name in 1958.
It remains the principal collecting and exhibiting body in NSW and is governed by the Art Gallery of New South Wales Act of 1980.

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Rod Shaw b. 17 September 1915

National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT

Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia

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