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Callins, Charles, b. 1887
Queensland naïve artist Charles Callins came into prominence during the 1950s.
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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 ...
Battarbee, Rex, b. 1893
An early advocate of indigenous art, Rex Battarbee represented Arrernte artists in his Alice Springs home, which he later turned into the Tmara-Mara Gallery.
Bennett, Rubery, b. 1893
William Rubery Bennett was an artist and art gallery owner from Brisbane who lived and worked in Sydney for much of his career.
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Rees, Lloyd, b. 1895
Lloyd Rees began his career as an architectural draughtsman, and established his reputation as an artist with detailed pen and pencil drawings of around Sydney. ...
Bastin, Henri, b. 1896
Bastin emerged in the 1950s as a key figure in Australian primitive/naive art.
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 ...
Fardoulys, James, b. 1900
Naive painter James Fardoulys was born in Greece in 1900 and came to Australia in 1914. His work is held in the collections of the ...
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Brown, Vincent, b. 1901
Vincent Brown's assertation that he was Queensland's first modernist artist in oils was justified but his productive period in this medium lasted no longer than ...
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Campbell, Robert Richmond, b. 1902
Painter and gallery administrator. Born in Scotland and resident of New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania and Queensland. By the 1950s he was regarded as ...
Annand, Douglas, b. 1903
One of Australia's best known graphic and poster artists, Douglas Annand also had a distinguished career as a camouflage artist during the Second World War. ...
Aikin, Hamilton, b. 1904
English male photographer, film-maker, editor and Presbyterian priest who went outback for Outreach, a Church journal, documenting indigenous cultures and mission activity.
Gall, Ian, b. 1904
Prolific mid 20th century Brisbane cartoonist, painter, illustrator and journalist.
Buzacott, Nutter, b. 1905
Buzacott was a printmaker, commercial artist (graphic designer), political illustrator, painter and teacher. A mural by Buzacott is also known. He travelled widely in Australia ...
Gibbs, Cyril, b. 1906
Cyril Gibbs was an accomplished watercolourist who produced a substantial output over his lifetime but his contribution to arts administration in Brisbane was probably as ...
McClintock, Herbert, b. 1906
Mid 20th century political and surrealist painter, cartoonist, commercial artist and singer.
Dalgarno, Roy Frederick Leslie, b. 1910
A diverse artist working primarily with drawing and as a printmaker, Roy Dalgarno had a long and varied career. His work mostly depicts the plight ...
Bell, Guilford, b. 1912
Cooper, George Wilson, b. 1912
Wilson Cooper was a man of many parts but principally an accomplished watercolourist, a proficient cartoonist and animator, a capable sculptor and finally, a respected ...
Johnson, John Godschall, b. 1912
An artist of diverse media, a world known violin maker and a committed socialist, Johnson was awarded an OAM in 1991 for services to the ...