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Counihan, Noel, b. 1913
Important mid 20th century Melbourne political painter, printmaker, cartoonist and caricaturist.
Gibbons, Gladys Noeline, b. 1903
Starting her art training at the Julian Ashton's Sydney Art School in the early 1920s Gladys married its future principal and became good friends with ...
Northfield, James, b. 1888
A designer and illustrator, who produced many promotional posters of various Australiana themes and tourist locations throughout the 1930s, 40s and 50s.
Nuttall, Charles, b. 1872
Federation era Melbourne painter, cartoonist, illustrator, etcher and journalist. Nuttall was colour-blind, so specialised in black and white work and monochrome paintings from which his ...
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 ...
Ogilvie, Helen Elizabeth, b. 1902
While working as the director of Peter Bray Gallery in Melbourne, Helen Ogilvie organised exhibitions for such avant-garde artists as Margo Lewers, John Brack, Sidney ...
Hall, Oswald, b. 1917
Mid 20th century Melbourne painter and printmaker. Son of L. Bernard Hall, he was interested in Theosophy and the Contemporary Art Society (Victorian Branch).
Owen, Gladys Mary, b. 1889
Painter and printmaker who led an active life exhibiting, travelling, writing, radio presenting and programming for the ABC ("Women's Session" Talks editor), public speaking and ...
Harris, Mary Packer, b. 1891
Painter, printmaker, designer and embroiderer, she also wrote and published books on art and Quaker philosophy. She taught at the South Australian School of Arts ...
Palmer, Ethleen Mary, b. 1906
During WW2, Ethleen Palmer taught remedial art practice to returned soldiers. She then founded an art school, the Double Bay Studio, that ran from 1945-1951. ...
Paul, Mick, b. 1888
Early 20th century Sydney cartoonist, illustrator, painter and printmaker. Mick Paul was married to fellow cartoonist Dorothy Ellsmore Paul.
Francis, Ivor Pengelly, b. 1906
The most prominent of the South Australian surrealist artists, inspired by the writer Max Harris. Francis was also an art critic and cartoonist. Francis was ...
Eagles, Percy, b. 1900
Percy Eagles was a graphic artist whose astonishing skill with the pencil is demonstrated in his numerous portrait studies. There would be few contemporary artists ...
Leason, Percy, b. 1889
Percy Leason is best known as a black and white illustrator but his portraits of Aboriginal subjects completed 1929-1934 make an important contribution to the ...
Perry, Adelaide, b. 1891
Painter, printmaker and art teacher with her own studios and art schools in Sydney. Perry also studied, worked and exhibited in London and Paris. Her ...
Pestell, Margaret, b. 1894
Printmaker and painter, trained at NGV School in late 1920s then lived and worked in England. On her return, she exhibited continuously with the Melbourne ...
Lindsay, Peter H., b. 1908
A landscape painter, cartoonist and commercial artist, Peter Hammon Lindsay was the only child of artist Percy Lindsay (the eldest child of the prolific Lindsay ...
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Preston, Margaret, b. 1875
Margaret Preston specialised in still life subjects, seeking to reinvent the genre, with inspiration from Aboriginal art and Australian native flowers, but she also made ...
Innes, Myrtle R., b. 1894
China painter, potter, watercolourist and batik printer, studied at Ashton's Sydney Art School. Exhibited with the NSW Society of Arts & Crafts, Society of Artists ...
Ragless, Max
Exhibited oil paintings and etchings with the West Australian Society of Arts in the 1930s.