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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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Darbyshire, Beatrice Dean, b. 1901
A talented artist, Beatrice Darbyshire exhibited in England and Perth throughout the 1920s and 1930s.
Duterrau, Benjamin, b. 1767
Duterrau arrived in Australia when he was 65. Already an established artist, he produced many Australian 'firsts' including 'The Conciliation' - the first history painting ...
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 ...
Flanagan, John Richard, b. 1895
Early 20th century Sydney born painter printmaker, magazine illustrator and Bulletin cartoonist. Spent some time working in the United States.
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 ...
Heysen, Hans, b. 1877
German-born, Adelaide-based painter. Probably more than any other artist, Hans Heysen changed the way Australia saw the gum tree, as for many, many years his ...
Irvine, Ysobel R., b. 1906
Painter, printmaker, designer and art teacher, born in Sydney on 23 January 1906. Her designs appeared on the cover of Art and Australia in the ...
Jarret, Dora, b. 1904
Early 20th century Sydney painter, teacher, illustrator, graphic artist and cartoonist.
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Kahan, Louis, b. 1905
Louis Kahan was a versatile, multi-talented artist and designer. He served in the French Foreign Legion and worked as a tailor in Paris where he ...
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 ...
Lovett, Mildred Esther, b. 1880
Painter, pastellist, lithographer, sculptor and china painter, born in Hobart Lovett succeeded Sydney Long as Julian Ashton's assistant teacher in Sydney. An influential teacher, her ...
Mahood, Marguerite Henriette, b. 1901
Prolific female artist, educator and historian who produced work in a variety of media during the twentieth century. She was awarded a PhD from Melbourne ...
Manley, Frank Davies, b. 1894
Manley was a prolific designer of Australian postage stamps 1929 - 1959.
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Meere, Charles, b. 1890
Charles Meere's art practice encompassed landscape, still life and portraiture, mural design, and black and white illustration. He is best known for his Art Deco ...
Morgan, James Squire Woodward, b. 1886
Prominent interwar period etcher who studied under Julian Ashton and Sydney Long.
Rayner, Hewitt Henry, b. 1902
Australian-born Hewitt Henry Rayner (1902-1957), went to England in 1923 and trained under Walter Richard Sickert at London's Royal Academy Schools. He produced more than ...