Eric Thake b. 1904

Also known as Eric Prentice Anchor Thake
  • Artist
Mid 20th century Melbourne surrealist graphic and commercial artist and illustrator, designer and painter.
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  • Museum of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA
  • Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, TAS
  • Warrnambool Art Gallery, Warrnambool, VIC
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    (collection of woodcut bookplates: see Warner & Crayford cats).

  • Mornington Peninsula Arts Centre, Mornington Peninsula, VIC
  • Geelong Art Gallery, Geelong, VIC
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    (The Rock and the Flies 1952, linocut ill. Hanson, cat.198).

  • Castlemaine Art Gallery and Historical Museum, Castlemaine, VIC
  • Ballaaat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, VIC
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    (good col. incl. “Mr. Picasso! Gentlemen, you wont find him here”, acquired 1977).

  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC
  • Australian National University, Canberra, ACT
  • Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT
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    Australian War Memorial has 24 paintings and pencil drawings, including 'Kamiri Seachlight’ painted on Noemfoor Island in June 1945.

  • National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
  • Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle, NSW
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
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    (She’s warm alright [pub conversation] 1966, linocut, gift of Hal Missingham 1967; When in Kalgoolie … Dial-a-Prayer 1970, linocut, gift of Hal Missingham 1971; Heels and Heeler, Charleville 1971, gift of Hal Missingham 1972; and An Opera House in Every Home 1972, linocut, gift of Hal Missingham 1973 (now a tea-towel {and mug?} at AGNSW) – all Thake Christmas cards.

  • Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD

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References [<ExternalResource: (October 1976), 'Eric Thake: Pubs & Bars', Geelong, Victoria: Geelong Art Gallery, .>, <ExternalResource: (December 1968), 'Eric Thake: Linocuts, drawings, photographs', Newcastle, New South Wales: Newcastle City Art Gallery, .>, <ExternalResource: (January 1981), 'Eric Thake: A personal retrospective', Melbourne, Victoria: Ministry for the Arts Foyer Gallery, .>, <ExternalResource: McAuslan, Jean (March 1983), 'Eric Thake 1904-82', Canberra, ACT: Journal of the Australian War Memorial 2, pp 20-23, .>, <ExternalResource: (19 August 1972), 'A portrait of the artist', Melbourne Herald.>, <ExternalResource: (12 November 1982), 'A singular man of surreal vision', Melbourne, Victoria: Age, p 14.>, <ExternalResource: Chapman, Christopher (1993), 'Surrealism: Revolution by Night', Canberra, ACT: National Gallery of Australia, pp 263 ff.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Crayford.>, <ExternalResource: Croll, R.H. (1942), 'The Bookplates of Eric Thake', Melbourne, Victoria: Hawthorn Press.>, <ExternalResource: Grant, Kirsty (1997), 'In Relief', Melbourne, Victoria: National Gallery of Victoria.>, <ExternalResource: Macleod, Diane (1996), 'People, Prints and Patronage: The development of the Geelong Art Gallery's print collection 1900-1996', Geelong, Victoria: Geelong Art Gallery.>, <ExternalResource: McCulloch, Alan (1984), 'Encyclopedia of Australian Art', Melbourne, Victoria: Hutchinson of Australia.>, <ExternalResource: Pinson, Peter, 'PhD thesis on Thake', Sydney, New South Wales: College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales.>, <ExternalResource: Summons, Elizabeth (intro.) (1978), 'The Eric Thake Picture Book', Melbourne, Victoria: Gryphon Books.>, <ExternalResource: Thake, Eric, (own books).>, <ExternalResource: Wood, Lilian, p.41.>, <ExternalResource: Melbourne, Victoria: National Gallery of Victoria files.>, <ExternalResource: Skinner, Dion H.; and Kroeger, John (1968), 'Renniks Australian Artists', Adelaide, SA : Renniks.>, <ExternalResource: (24 November 1999), Melbourne, Victoria: Deutscher-Menzies catalogue, lot 168.>, <ExternalResource: (1 May 2002), Melbourne, Victoria: Deutscher-Menzies catalogue, lot 277.>, <ExternalResource: Melbourne, Victoria: Meanjin.>] [<ExternalResource: (October 1976), 'Eric Thake: Pubs & Bars', Geelong, Victoria: Geelong Art Gallery, .>, <ExternalResource: (December 1968), 'Eric Thake: Linocuts, drawings, photographs', Newcastle, New South Wales: Newcastle City Art Gallery, .>, <ExternalResource: (January 1981), 'Eric Thake: A personal retrospective', Melbourne, Victoria: Ministry for the Arts Foyer Gallery, .>, <ExternalResource: McAuslan, Jean (March 1983), 'Eric Thake 1904-82', Canberra, ACT: Journal of the Australian War Memorial 2, pp 20-23, .>]