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Appleton, Jean, b. 1911
Appleton was a painter and craftworker who studied at East Sydney Technical College and at the Westminster School, London. After seeing French sculptor Maillol's work ...
Blackburn, Vera, b. 1911
Printmaker Vera Blackburn was the daughter of artistically minded parents who encouraged her practice through lessons with Thea Proctor. World War Two, marriage and family ...
Broome-Norton, Jean, b. 1911
A twentieth-century Sydney sculptor and later jeweller. Broome-Norton was a student and later an assistant of Raynor Hoff's. A graduate of the East Sydney Technical ...
Cotton, Olive, b. 1911
Olive Cotton's black and white photographs are characterised by their use of light to create ambiguity. For most of her life she was better known ...
Dupain, Max, b. 1911
Max Dupain was one of Australia's outstanding photographers of the mid 20th century, specialising in architecture, merchandise, industrial and portrait commissions, as well as his ...
Gilliland, Hector, b. 1911
Influenced by Cézanne, his early watercolours and oils recorded sites around Bathurst, Canberra, Richmond and the pastoral outreaches of Sydney.
Goldfinch, Nancy, b. 1911
Nancy's uncle encouraged her to paint at an early age, providing her with brushes and paints. She painted throughout her life and travelled abroad, eventually ...
Heysen, Nora, b. 1911
The daughter of painter Hans Heysen, Nora Heysen was highly regarded as an artist in her own right. In 1938 she became the first woman ...
Ungar, Thora, b. 1911
20th century painter, lithographer, cartoonist and illustrator, worked for the Australian Women's Weekly during WWII. Original society cartoon drawn for the Bulletin (ML), possibly never ...
Aarons, Anita, b. 1912
Anita Aarons had a diverse career working as a jeweller, sculptor, art administrator, radio commentator, teacher and art editor for an architecture publication, while living ...
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 ...
Healy, Evelyn, b. 1912
Mid 20th century Melbourne and Sydney political illustrator and painter. Healy illustrated Helen Palmer's Beneath the Southern Cross, published in 1954 for the Eureka Stockade ...
Hele, Ivor, b. 1912
A leading figurative artist working in Adelaide in the mid 20th century. Hele served as a war artist in the Second World War and Korean ...
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 ...
Pate, Klytie, b. 1912
A potter and printmaker who was encouraged by her aunt, Christian Waller and uncle, Napier Waller, to pursue a career in art. In 1947, Pate, ...
Hearn Bros. and Stead
Hearn Bros. and Stead was started by emigre twin brothers Henry and Ernest Hearn, sons of cabinetmaker/chair maker Walter Vincent Hearn. The company is known ...
Smith and Miles
Smith and Miles was a Sydney-based graphic arts trade house. Smith and Miles was perhaps the largest tradehouse in the Southern Hemisphere with over 200 ...
Fullarton, Nancy Edith, b. 1913
Mid 20th century Sydney and London painter, children's book illustrator, comic strip artist and ballet costume designer. Creator of Frisky the Rabbit.
Tribe, Barbara, b. 1913
Prominent member of group of college sculptors influenced by Rayner Hoff between the wars, known as the 'Hoff School'. Often revolving around the theme of ...
Andrews, Gordon Arthur, b. 1914
Gordon Andrews was one of Australia's prominent mid-20th century multi-disciplinary designers. While best known for designing Australia's first decimal currency notes (1966), his international career ...