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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

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References [<ExternalResource: Curtis, Robert Emerson; with foreword by Dr J. J. C. Bradfield (c.1932), 'Building the Bridge: Fourteen Lithographs Celebrating the Construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge', Sydney, NSW : Simmons Limited, Re-printed as The Bridge, Sydney, NSW : Currawong Press 1981.>, <ExternalResource: Butler, Roger (1991), 'Australian Printmakers in America 1900-1950', Canberra, ACT: National Gallery of Australia catalogue.>, <ExternalResource: McCulloch, Alan; & McCulloch, Susan (1994), 'Encyclopedia of Australian art', St Leonards, NSW : Allen & Unwin (3rd revised edition).>, <ExternalResource: Hetherington, Michelle (1999), 'Follow the Sun : Australian Travel Posters 1930s-1950s', Canberra, ACT : National Library of Australia exhibition brochure.>, <ExternalResource: (1996), '[Obituary]', Sydney Morning Herald, 04-05.>, <ExternalResource: Wollongong, NSW : Wollongong City Gallery.>, <ExternalResource: Germaine, Max (1990), 'Artists & galleries of Australia', Roseville, NSW : Craftsman House (3rd enlarged edition).>, <ExternalResource: (1921), Brisbane, Qld : Brisbane Mail.>, <ExternalResource: Walkabout.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Van der Ven, Anne-Marie.>, <ExternalResource: Curtis, Robert Emerson; with foreword by Prof. H. Ingham Ashworth (1967), 'A Vision Takes Form: Sydney Opera House', Sydney, NSW : A.H. & A.W. Reed.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Glascott, Joseph.>, <ExternalResource: (1992), 'Betty Marshall interview', Sydney, NSW : State Library of New South Wales, Mitchell Library Oral History MLOH93/1-2, 07-31.>, <ExternalResource: (1932), Sydney, NSW : The Daily Telegraph, 03-19.>, <ExternalResource: 'Joan Kerr Archive', National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Walsh, John.>, <ExternalResource: "Robert Emerson Curtis." Australian Art, Josef Lebovic Gallery, Collectors Lisst no.183, 2016, p.8. illustrations of mural designs for Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron, Atlantic Oil, Sydney are illustrated.>, <ExternalResource: Several works described and illustrated in Australian and International Medley, no.198, 2019, Josef Lebovic Gallery, Kensington NSW.>] [<ExternalResource: Curtis, Robert Emerson; with foreword by Dr J. J. C. Bradfield (c.1932), 'Building the Bridge: Fourteen Lithographs Celebrating the Construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge', Sydney, NSW : Simmons Limited, Re-printed as The Bridge, Sydney, NSW : Currawong Press 1981.>, <ExternalResource: Butler, Roger (1991), 'Australian Printmakers in America 1900-1950', Canberra, ACT: National Gallery of Australia catalogue.>, <ExternalResource: McCulloch, Alan; & McCulloch, Susan (1994), 'Encyclopedia of Australian art', St Leonards, NSW : Allen & Unwin (3rd revised edition).>, <ExternalResource: Hetherington, Michelle (1999), 'Follow the Sun : Australian Travel Posters 1930s-1950s', Canberra, ACT : National Library of Australia exhibition brochure.>, <ExternalResource: (1996), '[Obituary]', Sydney Morning Herald, 04-05.>, <ExternalResource: Wollongong, NSW : Wollongong City Gallery.>, <ExternalResource: Germaine, Max (1990), 'Artists & galleries of Australia', Roseville, NSW : Craftsman House (3rd enlarged edition).>, <ExternalResource: (1921), Brisbane, Qld : Brisbane Mail.>, <ExternalResource: Walkabout.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Van der Ven, Anne-Marie.>, <ExternalResource: Curtis, Robert Emerson; with foreword by Prof. H. Ingham Ashworth (1967), 'A Vision Takes Form: Sydney Opera House', Sydney, NSW : A.H. & A.W. Reed.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Glascott, Joseph.>, <ExternalResource: (1992), 'Betty Marshall interview', Sydney, NSW : State Library of New South Wales, Mitchell Library Oral History MLOH93/1-2, 07-31.>, <ExternalResource: (1932), Sydney, NSW : The Daily Telegraph, 03-19.>, <ExternalResource: 'Joan Kerr Archive', National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Walsh, John.>, <ExternalResource: "Robert Emerson Curtis." Australian Art, Josef Lebovic Gallery, Collectors Lisst no.183, 2016, p.8. illustrations of mural designs for Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron, Atlantic Oil, Sydney are illustrated.>]