Painter Bryant McDiven was born in Mildura, Victoria. After leaving school he studied at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and served in the Royal Australian Air Force in World War II from 1943-45, in both Canada and Britain. He arrived in Western Australia in 1946. He undertook further study at Perth Technical College. While studying he taught art at Claremont High School and then, from 1956, at Graylands Teacher’s College. He exhibited The Winning Goal in the Perth Prize for Contemporary Art in 1956. He was President of the Perth Society of Artists 1955-1958 and 1961-1962. He won the Claude Hotchin Prize for watercolours in 1961 and the Bunbury Prize in the same year. He married the potter Teddye and they travelled widely together in Asia, the Middle East, Europe and America. Their eldest son John became a jewellery designer with his own establishment.
- Writers:
- Dr Dorothy Erickson
- Date written:
- 2010
- Last updated:
- 2011
