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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 ...

Coventry, Frederick Halford, b. 1905

A painter, muralist, stained glass artist, glass painter & etcher, printmaker, poster-designer, art teacher, book-illustrator and designer, Frederick Halford Coventry's art practice encompassed both the ...

McCrae, Marjory Francesca, b. 1905

Mid 20th century painter, cartoonist and commercial artist. Her parents' great friend Norman Lindsay taught her to draw and throughout the course of her career ...

McClintock, Herbert, b. 1906

Mid 20th century political and surrealist painter, cartoonist, commercial artist and singer.

Oldham, John Bramston Russell, b. 1907

Oldham worked as an architect, artist, interior designer and landscape architect. Working for Stephenson & Turner in NSW, he later focussed on landscape architecture, developing ...

Collings, Dahl, b. 1909

Dahl Collings was a painter, commercial artist, graphic and exhibition designer, illustrator, costume and textile designer, photographer and documentary film-maker. Often working in partnership with ...

Russell, Elsa Mary Lillian, b. 1909

Russell, a painter and graphic artist had laughing, brown eyes and even when her hair was white remained lively and lucid. She was drawn to ...

Tyson, Geoffrey, b. 1911

Mid 20th century Launceston art teacher, painter and advertising artist. Known for sketches made while a Prisoner of War during WWII.

Hedstrom, Newton, b. 1914

Late 20th century painter, illustrator and commercial artist. Hedstrom was inaugural member of the Studio of Realist Art and served as its committee member in ...

Koskie, Jack Louis, b. 1914

Koskie was a representational painter and graphic designer. He was the chief designer of the Commonwealth Office of Education (Sydney) Sydney and the Tasmanian Government ...

Ashworth, Olive, b. 1915

Commercial artist, textile designer and photographer. Ashworth is best known for her textile designs that were based on sketches and photographs of the Great Barrier ...

Fabian, Erwin, b. 1915

Industrial designer, graphic artist, sculptor and one of the "Dunera Boys" interned in Hay, NSW, during World War II. In 1950 Fabian moved to London ...