Robert Emerson Curtis b. 4 October 1898

Also known as Robert Curtis, R. E. C., Cabby
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator),
  • Designer (Graphic Designer),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Mid 20th century illustrator and artist. In 1922 Curtis travelled to the USA with his great friend, the pioneer filmmaker, Charles Chauvel. There he developed what was to become a lifelong interest in industrial modernism and on returning to Sydney in 1928 he set about documenting the construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
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Citations

  • 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.

See also

  • 'Roger Butler, Australian Printmakers in America 1900-1950, 1992. [1.4: B&W DRAWING, CURTIS self-portrait. From copy].'.

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