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Abbott, Harold, b. 1906
An official war artist during the Second World War, Harold Abbott was an accomplished portraitist who had studied at the Royal Academy of Art in ...
Abbott Roberts, Mary Margaret, b. 1916
Mary Abbott Roberts, who also exhibited under her maiden name of Mary Abbott, was born in Quirindi in rural New South Wales and studied in ...
Allan, Catherine Mabel Joyce, b. 1950
Conchologist and museum curator who signed her articles and drawings 'Joyce K. Allan'. She exhibited a drawing entitled 'Australian Shells' with the Royal Art Society ...
Baker, Normand Henry, b. 1908
Mid 20th century Sydney painter and sketcher. Baker exhibited in the 1937 Archibald Prize at the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
Bare, Harold
Emigrating to Australia after World War I, Harold Bare settled in Liverpool, NSW where he designed hundreds of homes and buildings in the area and ...
Bell, George Frederick Henry, b. 1878
The artist George Bell is best known for his influential role as a teacher in Melbourne and his promotion of modernism in Australia.
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Bellette, Jean Mary, b. 1909
Respected painter and illustrator of the 1940s and '50s and a two-time winner of the Sulman Prize.
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Blackman, Charles, b. 1928
The Antipodean artist Charles Blackman was best known for his paintings of schoolgirls and the whimsy of Alice in Wonderland. He was a part of ...
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Boyd, Arthur, b. 1920
A member of the gifted Boyd family, and grandson of his namesake, the painter Arthur Merric Boyd, Arthur first attended night classes at Melbourne's National ...
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Brack, John, b. 1920
A painter and printmaker, John Brack is considered one of Australia's most significant artists, whose subject matter was resolutely urban, modern life. Brack's extensive body ...
Campbell, Ruby, b. 1888
Painter, etcher, wood-carver and pyrographer. Apart from a brief stint in Melbourne in the early 1920s, Ruby Campbell spent her entire life on her family's ...
Canfield, Tony, b. 1935
Twentieth-century artist with an interest in the Australian landscape who worked predominately in oil and who was influenced by the Australian Impressionist movement.
Carington Smith, Jack, b. 1908
Prolific mid 20th century painter based in Hobart and Sydney. Jack Carington Smith won numerous awards and prizes including the 1949 Sir John Sulman Prize ...
Churcher, Betty, b. 1931
Betty Churcher, who was the first woman to head both a state and national art gallery, had an extraordinary career in arts education and administration ...
Cook, Allon, b. 1907
Allon Cook was born in 1907. He was a painter who exhibited with the West Australian Society of Arts and with the Perth Society of ...
Cook, Eileen, b. 1906
Eileen Cook was born in 1906. She was a sculptor and modeller. Cook earned her living as a commercial artist, primarily as an illustrator, drawing ...
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 ...
Cottrell, Dorothy, b. 1902
Mid 20th century sketcher, cartoonist and novelist.
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 ...
Cummings, Douglas Laurie, b. 1897
Sign writer, watercolourist, policeman, photographer and graphic artist who exhibited with the West Australian Society of Arts and designed the Pitman & Walsh Memorial in ...