William Arthur Byram Mansell b. 1893

  • Artist (Ceramist),
  • Artist (Sculptor),
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Designer (Theatre / Film Designer),
  • Artist (Painter)
Mansell was a painter, illustrator and theatre designer whose work diverse artistic practices, which ranged from painting to set design, were influenced by his interest in Aboriginal art. Mural designs by him are also known.
Tags: muralist, painter, sculptor, ceramic design
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Citations

  • 'NSW Marriage Records : 10652/1928; 7654/1892’.

  • 'NSW Birth Records : 39627/1893’.

  • Rourke, Arianne (2000), 'Mansell, William Arthur Byram (1893 – 1977)’, Melbourne, Vic : Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 15, Melbourne University Press, p. 299.

  • Baddeley, Claire (editor) (1999), 'Motif & meaning – Aboriginal influences in Australian art, 1930-1970’, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, Vic.

  • Terry, Martin (1986), 'Aboriginality in the art of Byram Mansell’, Art and Australia, Volume 24, Issue 1, Spring, pages 86 ff.

  • (1955), Sydney Morning Herald, April, 23.

  • (1953), Women’s Day and Home, January, 5, page 53.

  • Kerr, Joan (2001), 'Strange Objects’, Remarkable Occurrences: The National Library of Australia’s First 100 Years, 1901-2001: NLA, Canberra, ACT (ed. Peter Cochrane).

  • Mural designs, Australian landscape. Australian and Intl Art, Josef Lebovic Gallery, Collectors’ list no.192, 2018, p.18. Lebovic records 1/River Farm Lands; 2/Palm Valley; 3/The Great Inland; 4/The Golden Dawn. Labels by artist for commission for maritime vessel, ca.1960. “Painted with colours dug in Central Australia”

See also

  • 'Photo of Byram Mansell painting ceramic flower boxes with Aboriginal legends to be installed in the Commonwealth Bank, Martin Place, Sydney (p.cl., ill Baddeley, 2)'.

Initial data sources

  • Black and white artists

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