Raymond McGrath b. 7 March 1903

Also known as Raymond H. McGrath
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Architect (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect),
  • Artist (Painter)
Raymond McGrath studied under some of the most well known names in Australian art, including Raynor Hoff and Julian Ashton. Despite his career as an architect, he also turned his hand to bookbinding, etching, linocut and wood engraving. After moving to the UK in 1926, he became an important modernist architect with a substantial reputation before the 1939-45 War.
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associate of
Rayner Hoff
1894
Artist (Sculptor)
associate of
Julian Ashton
Artist
associate of
Walter Taylor
Other occupation
child of
née Sorrell Edith M. McGrath
Other occupation
child of
Herbert E. McGrath
Other occupation
associate of
Arthur N. Baldwinson
1908
Architect (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect), Architect (Printmaker)
Baldwinson employed by McGrath in his London architecture practice
associate of
Herbert Read
Other occupation
McGrath's work is illustrated in Read's celebrated work, Art and Industry
associate of
Serge Chermayeff
Architect
Chermayeff associated with McGrath's London architecture practice
associate of
Christopher Tunnard
Architect
Tunnard, landscape architect, associated with McGrath's London architecture practice

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