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Woodward-Smith, Sydney, b. 1904

Woodward-Smith was a NSW painter exhibiting in the late 1920s, with his first solo exhibition held at the Grosvenor Gallery, Sydney in 1934. A mural ...

Updated June 23, 2025

Kilgour, J. N., b. 1900

Mid 20th century Sydney painter and illustrator. Kilgour's black and white work is best seen in the illustrations he contributed to stories in the 'Australia ...

Updated May 22, 2025

Rayner, Henry Hewitt, b. 1903

Australian-born British printmaker. Rayner worked in London in comparative obscurity until making his name with a drypoint etching of King George VI purchased by Queen ...

Updated May 8, 2025

Lifschitz, Yaron

Updated April 17, 2025

Muntz-Adams, Josephine

Updated April 14, 2025

Duffecy, John Henry Canterbury, b. 1919

John Duffecy was a self-taught furniture designer and maker whose business, John Duffecy Furniture, operated from a showroom at 5-Ways, Glenmore Rd, Paddington, in the ...

Updated March 14, 2025

Mahood, Marguerite, b. 1901

Marguerite Mahood (Australian, 1901-1989), artist, designer, educator

Updated June 14, 2024

Grounds, Roy

Updated Feb. 8, 2024

Moffatt, Tracey, b. 1960

Updated Jan. 7, 2024

Perry, Adelaide

Updated Nov. 15, 2023

Vale, May, b. 1862

A painter, enameller and art teacher, May Vale was acclaimed for her 'pioneering' work in enamels, which included Australian landscapes and large scale pieces such ...

Updated Oct. 21, 2023

Gurdon, Nora, b. 1882

A painter, based in Victoria. Her known work has a loose feel with a visible Streeton or Roberts influence.

Updated Oct. 20, 2023

Hutchison, Noel, b. 1940

Updated Sept. 8, 2023

Evergood, Miles, b. 1871

Updated Sept. 2, 2023

Last, Clifford, b. 1918

Updated Sept. 2, 2023

Shannon, Michael

Updated Sept. 2, 2023

Wilson, Eric

Wilson was a painter who studied at the Julian Ashton School, Sydney, later travelling to Europe where he was influenced by the Cubist movement through ...

Updated Sept. 2, 2023