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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 ...
Ball, George Arnold, b. 1868
Following his occupation as a school teacher at Crystal Brook in South Australia’s north, George Arnold Ball embarked on a career as a photographer. He ...
Barnes, Cliff W., b.
Mid 20th century 'Man' magazine cartoonist who was originally from Adelaide before moving to Sydney in 1937.
Barringer, Gwendoline L'Avance, b. 1882
Gwen Barringer was a painter of traditional subjects, most notably flowers. An active member of the South Australian arts scene, as Vice President of the ...
Barringer, Herbert Page, b. 1886
Member of South Australia's artistic Barringer family, Herbert was the brother of printmaker Ethel and the husband of painter Gwen.
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 ...
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Black, Dorrit, b. 1891
A contemporary of Grace Crowley and Ralph Balson, Dorrit Black was both a painter and printmaker, particularly of linocuts. An active member of both the ...
Bosley, Thomas George Dufty, b. 1867
Thomas George Dufty Bosley was a talented and professional potter who began his career at the age of nine, when he became an apprentice at ...
Bowen, Stella, b. 1893
Single-minded in her desire to be an artist, Stella Bowen studied briefly under Margaret Preseon before leaving Adelaide at 20 to study art in London. ...
Buxton, Jessamine, b. 1895
Buxton was a painter, sculptor and designer of stained-glass windows. A versatile artist, she worked across a wide range of media.
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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 ...
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Cazneaux, Harold, b. 1878
Cazneaux was the leader of Australian Pictorialist photography in the first half of the 20th century. The soft focussed beauty of his images helped a ...
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 ...
Correll, Valeria Helen, b. 1886
Potter, sculptor, enameller, china painter, illustrator and author, born in Port Augusta, SA. Resident of Melbourne, Victoria, she produced distinctive lightly coloured, hand-modelled figure groups ...
Coventry, Lionel Ernest, b. 1906
Prolific mid 20th century Adelaide caricaturist and cartoonist.
Darbyshire, Beatrice Dean, b. 1901
A talented artist, Beatrice Darbyshire exhibited in England and Perth throughout the 1920s and 1930s.
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Davidson, Bessie, b. 1879
Originally from Adelaide and a student and friend of Margaret Preston, Bessie Davidson was a very successful artist. She spent the majority of her life ...
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 ...