Victor Ernest Cobb b. 14 August 1876

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Etcher and woodcut printmaker. Cobb worked as a professional printmaker in Victoria from the 1920s.
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etcher and woodcut printmaker, was a student at the NGV School of Design in 1895. He worked as a professional printmaker in Victoria from the 1920s. His prints are mainly of buildings. Most are etchings, but he also made about ten woodcuts.

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1996
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2007

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References [<ExternalResource: Cobb, Victor (c.1922), 'The cut [cult?] of the painter-etcher', in Yearbook of Victorian Art 1922-23.>, <ExternalResource: Littlewood, Robert C. (1981), 'The Woodcuts of Victor E. Cobb, 1876-1945: being a catalogue raisonne of Victor Cobb's woodcuts, a brief essay outlining his philosophy of art and a critical appreciation of the woodcuts and the circumstances under which they were created', Melbourne, Vic : Jester Press, (limited edn of 130 signed and numbered copies).>, <ExternalResource: McCulloch, Alan (1984), 'Encyclopedia of Australian Art', Melbourne, Vic : Hutchinson of Australia (2nd edition).>, <ExternalResource: Andrew Mackenzie (ed.), The Etchings, Lecture Notes and Writings of Victor Cobb 1876-1945, Lilydale, Vic.: Pioneer Design Studio, 1987.>] [<ExternalResource: Cobb, Victor (c.1922), 'The cut [cult?] of the painter-etcher', in Yearbook of Victorian Art 1922-23.>, <ExternalResource: Littlewood, Robert C. (1981), 'The Woodcuts of Victor E. Cobb, 1876-1945: being a catalogue raisonne of Victor Cobb's woodcuts, a brief essay outlining his philosophy of art and a critical appreciation of the woodcuts and the circumstances under which they were created', Melbourne, Vic : Jester Press, (limited edn of 130 signed and numbered copies).>, <ExternalResource: McCulloch, Alan (1984), 'Encyclopedia of Australian Art', Melbourne, Vic : Hutchinson of Australia (2nd edition).>]