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Fleay, Maude Edith Victoria, b. 1869
A painter who studied under Frederick McCubbin, Glover was regarded for her natural history subject matter. She was also a writer and music teacher, and ...
Bell, George Frederick Henry, b. 1878
The artist George Bell is best known for his influential role as a teacher in Melbourne and his promotion of modernism in Australia.
Wells, Samuel Garnet, b. 1885
Popular political and sporting cartoonist who worked predominantly in Melbourne, Victoria. A number of his cartoons from the 1920s-50s are in the collection of the ...
Campbell, Ruby, b. 1888
Painter, etcher, wood-carver and pyrographer. Apart from a brief stint in Melbourne in the early 1920s, Ruby Campbell spent her entire life on her family's ...
Syme, Eveline Winifred, b. 1888
A contemporary of many well known female Australian artists, Syme was an active member of a number of artistic associations. She was widely travelled and ...
Lindsay, Daryl, b. 1889
Artist, illustrator and the most influential gallery director in 20th century Australia. The second youngest of the 10 Lindsay children.
Mackenzie, Isabel, b. 1890
Female drawer and painter of landscapes and still-life who dedicated her life to improving art education in New South Wales, while continuing to exhibit until ...
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Fairweather, Ian, b. 1891
The Scottish born artist Ian Fairweather travelled extensively throughout South East Asia and China before finally building a thatched hut on Bribie Island off the ...
Miller, Godfrey, b. 1893
The New Zealand born Godfrey Miller became one of Australia's most admired artists of the mid-twentieth century. His shyness, combined with the way he continued ...
Waller, Mervyn Napier, b. 1893
World War I veteran printmaker, painter, stained glass artist, mosaic artist and muralist. whose work epitomised Art Deco in Australia. Husband of Christian Waller.
Manley, Frank Davies, b. 1894
Manley was a prolific designer of Australian postage stamps 1929 - 1959.
Freeman, Frances Margot, b. 1895
Mid 20th century Victorian painter who travelled extensively. Freeman exhibited with the Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors.
Curtis, Robert Emerson, b. 1898
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 ...
Evatt, Mary Alice, b. 1898
Artist, social activist, art collector and Trustee of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Evatt's best known work was an oil painting entitled 'Footballers' ...
Mahood, Marguerite Henriette, b. 1901
Prolific female artist, educator and historian who produced work in a variety of media during the twentieth century. She was awarded a PhD from Melbourne ...
Gall, Ian, b. 1904
Prolific mid 20th century Brisbane cartoonist, painter, illustrator and journalist.
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Kahan, Louis, b. 1905
Louis Kahan was a versatile, multi-talented artist and designer. He served in the French Foreign Legion and worked as a tailor in Paris where he ...
Lempriere, Helen Dora, b. 1907
painter and lithographer, born in Melbourne in 1907, Lempriere had a forty year career of independent, professional practice, died in Sydney, 1991.
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Drysdale, Russell, b. 1912
Russell Drysdale painted some of the iconic landscapes of the Australian outback, and in the 1940s his paintings and drawings enabled city people to see ...
Hardy, Frank, b. 1917
Controversial mid 20th century Melbourne author, who worked as an illustrator and cartoonist during the Second World War. Hardy produced 'Troppo Tribune', a camp newspaper ...