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Abbott, Ernest Edwin, b. 1889
Ernest Edwin Abbott (1889-1973), English-born printmaker, painter and art teacher, based mainly in Melbourne, Victoria.
Afford, Thelma, b. 1908
Costume designer, performer, actor and fashion journalist with a practice from Broken Hill, Adelaide, Sydney and Melbourne. She also designed costumes for early Australian TV ...
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.
Atchison, Michael, b. 1933
Late 20th century Adelaide cartoonist and children's book illustrator. Atchinson was a regular contributor to Punch magazine and from 1968 he worked as the daily ...
Atira-Atira, Tjulkiwa, b. 1951
Pitjanjatjara artist who began working with craft in Ernabella in 1968. Her artistic pursuits led her to the medium of batik and in 1988, after ...
Atkin, Hamilton, b. 1904
Photographer and Presbyterian clergyman, Atkin was the first Director of the Audio Visual Department of the Church in Victoria before becoming a professional freelance photographer ...
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Baker, Nyukana, b. 1943
Pitjantjatjara artist from Ernabella who began painting, designing and weaving in 1963 and producing batik in 1971. Her work is widely exhibited in Australia and ...
Ball, Sydney, b. 1933
The Adelaide born Sydney Ball was a painter of pure colour and abstract form, and one of the first of the post-World War II artists ...
Bastin, Henri, b. 1896
Bastin emerged in the 1950s as a key figure in Australian primitive/naive art.
Bayliss, Joan Janet, b. 1925
Bayliss pioneered use of art in psychology for treating children with behavioural problems. She also raised money for Alzheimer's research via her artwork.
Beadle, Paul, b. 1917
Influential mid 20th century sculptor, illustrator and art teacher who taught extensively in Australia in the 1940s and 1950s before settling in Auckland, New Zealand. ...
Bennier, Frank, b. 1919
Popular mid 20th century Adelaide, Sydney and London newspaper cartoonist and painter. Benier's first cartoon appeared in the Adelaide Express & Journal in September 1934 ...
Bolton, Robert, b. 1941
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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 ...
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 ...
Dutkiewicz, Wladyslaw, b. 1918
Dutkiewicz was an expressionist, constructivist, abstract and semi-abstract painter and occasional sculptor who was also involved in theatrical design, directing and acting. Dutkiewicz ran theatre ...
Dutkiewicz, Ludwik, b. 1921
Ludwik Dutkiewicz was one of several of South Australia's most progressive artists of the post-war era, arriving in Adelaide as an expressionist painter but soon ...
Fitzpatrick, Dawn, b. 1922
Fitzpatrick is a textile artist, first exhibiting in Sydney in 1975. She also designs and makes theatre costumes.
Forbes-Smith, Ira Eleanor Elizabeth, b. 1920
Designer of textiles, painter, china painter, leatherworker and art teacher. Forbes-Smith showed regularly with the Western Australian Women Painters and Applied Arts Society. In the ...
Goodchild, Doreen, b. 1900
Painter, modeller, potter and ceramicist, Doreen Goodchild was born in Adelaide, South Australia. She married fellow artist John Goodchild. Her career took a back seat ...