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Baker, Allan, b. 1921
Painter, curator, tutor and former window dresser. Baker became Deputy Director of the Art Gallery of Western Australia in 1961. He won numerous prizes.
Bastin, Henri, b. 1896
Bastin emerged in the 1950s as a key figure in Australian primitive/naive art.
Bennett, Portia Mary, b. 1898
Portia Bennett trained at the Royal Art Society School under Dattilo Rubbo and then at the Julian Ashton Art school where she was friendly with ...
Brook, Donald, b. 1927
The. Yorkshire born Donald Brook first established a reputation as a sculptor, but his most significant impact on Australian art was as the intellectually rigorous ...
Buckley, Edna May, b. 1910
In 1964 she began to teach at the Willoughby Art Centre and was founding member of the Sydney Printmakers' Group.
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 ...
Clifton, Romola, b. 1935
Romola Clifton was born in 1935. She was educated at St Hilda's and the Slade School in London 1953-55. She became a full-time artist following ...
Cooper, Revel, b. 1934
Revel Cooper is a key figure in the Carrolup School of Nyungar landscape painting.
Cross, Stan, b. 1888
Significant mid 20th century newspaper comic strip artist. Created 'Wally and the Major', 'The Potts' and 'For gorsake, stop laughing: this is serious!'.
Fry, Ella J. Osborn, b. 1916
Ella Fry was painter, teacher, printmaker and pianist whose prints had a dark, almost surrealist quality reflecting the uncertain times in which she lived. She ...
Gibbs, May, b. 1877
Creator of the famous tales of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie, the Gumnut babies, Gibbs began her career as a cartoonist and hoped to be recognised as ...
Goatcher, James, b. 1879
Artist and theatre scene painter and designer who was a member of the Royal Art Society of New South Wales and of the West Australian ...
Mattinson, Lance, b. 1892
Early 20th century Perth, London and Sydney cartoonist. Mattinson was art editor of the AIF paper 'Aussie' (1918-19), published in France.
McClintock, Herbert, b. 1906
Mid 20th century political and surrealist painter, cartoonist, commercial artist and singer.
McNamara, Frank, b. 1916
Worked as a commercial artist before enlisting in the services in WWII. He exhibited watercolours of "almost photographic accuracy".
Missingham, Hal, b. 1906
Western Australian born painter, photographer, illustrator and author. He also had an active interest in design issues authoring a book, "Design Focus" for architects, craftworkers ...
Norton, Charles Basil, b. 1887
Cartoonist, illustrator and artist, was born in England. Norton did illustrations for various Sydney newspapers, including Smith's Weekly, the Telegraph, the Sunday Sun and Guardian, ...
O'Harris, Pixie, b. 1903
Pixie O'Harris was a mid 20th century painter, children's book illustrator, muralist, cartoonist and writer. It was the birth of her third daughter that prompted ...
O'Reilly, Maud, b. 1886
Maud O'Reilly was one of L.J. Harvey's students who furthered her skills by studying wheelthrowing and glazing when she visited London in 1925. She made ...
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 ...