Geoffrey Tyson b. 3 April 1911

Also known as Geoff Tyson
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator),
  • Artist (Graphic Designer),
  • Artist (Painter)
Mid 20th century Launceston art teacher, painter and advertising artist. Known for sketches made while a Prisoner of War during WWII.
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exhibited at
Victorian Artists' Society
Place
Melbourne, Vic.
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Launceston Art Society
Place
Launceston, Tas.
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Tasmanian Group of Painters
Place
Hobart, Tas.
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
[retrospective]
Date
1982
Place
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, Tas.
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Geoff Tyson watercolours 1936-1980
Date
1982
Place
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, TAS
Description

Funded by Tasmanian Arts Advisory Board. This exhibition pays tribute to an artist who, through his work and his teaching, has perpetuated the tradition of watercolour painting which has flourished in Tasmania since the beginnings of European Settlement.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery annual report 1981-82

Exhibition Catalogue:
Geoff Tyson: watercolours 1936-1980. Launceston: Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, 1982
ISBN 0 7246 1047 2

Type
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Tags
Solo Survey, Painting

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  • Victorian Artists' Society (exhibited at)
  • Launceston Art Society (exhibited at)
  • Tasmanian Group of Painters (exhibited at)
  • [retrospective] (exhibited at)