Frederick Halford Coventry b. 19 January 1905

Also known as F.H. Coventry
  • Artist (Carver),
  • Artist (Glass & metal Artist / Designer),
  • Designer (Graphic Designer),
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator),
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter)
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 fine art and commercial art sectors.
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creator of
The Temporary Stairway (Temporary Staircase)
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Copper engraving, edition of 50. Exhibited in Drawings & Engravings by F.H. Coventry Exhibition, Twenty-One Gallery, London, 1930 (cat. 21); NZ Academy of Fine Arts Annual Exhibition 1937 (cat.148); An Exhibition of Mural Decorations, Paintings, Engravings and Drawings by F.H. Coventry, New Zealand House, London, 1950 (Cat No.L1); Josef Lebovic Gallery 1997 (21). In collections of Art Gallery New South Wales, Sydney, NSW; National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT; British Museum, London.

 
creator of
The Local Tropics
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Copper engraving, edition of 50. Exhibited in Drawings & Engravings by F.H. Coventry Exhibition, Twenty-One Gallery, London, 1930 (cat. 23); An Exhibition of Mural Decorations, Paintings, Engravings and Drawings by F.H. Coventry, New Zealand House, London, 1950 (Cat No.L3). In collections of Art Gallery New South Wales, Sydney, NSW; National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT.

 
creator of
The Barbaric Property Wall
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Copper engraving, edition of 50 Exhibited in Drawings & Engravings by F.H. Coventry Exhibition, Twenty-One Gallery, London, 1930 (cat.19); Josef Lebovic Gallery 1997 (cat 16). In collections of Art Gallery New South Wales, Sydney, NSW; National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT.

 
creator of
Carinthia
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Drawing for engraving Exhibited in “Drawings & Engravings by F.H. Coventry” Exhibition, Twenty-One Gallery, London, 1930 (cat. 30).

 
creator of
Carinthia
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Copper engraving, edition of 50. Exhibited in Drawings & Engravings by F.H. Coventry Exhibition, Twenty-One Gallery, London, 1930 (cat.26); Josef Lebovic Gallery 1997 (19). Reproduced in Art In Australia, No 31, March 1930, Plate 39. Collections of Art Gallery New South Wales, Sydney, NSW; National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT.

 
creator of
Apples & Birds of Paradise
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Copper engraving, edition of 50. Exhibited in Drawings & Engravings by F.H. Coventry Exhibition, Twenty-One Gallery, London, 1930 (cat.17); NZ Academy of Fine Arts Annual Exhibition 1937 (cat.145); An Exhibition of Mural Decorations, Paintings, Engravings and Drawings by F.H. Coventry, New Zealand House, London, 1950 (Cat No.L5). Reproduced in The Studio, Vol 100, 1930, p. 301; Art In Australia, No 31, March 1930, plate 40; Gail Ross, Art & Industry: Frederick Halford Coventry, Art New Zealand, No. 125, Summer 2007-2008, p. 61. In collections of Art Gallery New South Wales, Sydney, NSW; National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT; Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle, NSW.

 
creator of
The Invalid
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Copper engraving, edition of 50 Exhibited in Drawings & Engravings by F.H. Coventry Exhibition, Twenty-One Gallery, London, 1930 (cat. 24); Josef Lebovic Gallery 1997 (cat. 17) & 2008 (cat. 30). In collections of Art Gallery New South Wales, Sydney, NSW; National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT.

 
creator of
Veda, pencil drawing
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Pencil drawing. Exhibited in Drawings & Engravings by F.H. Coventry Exhibition, Twenty-One Gallery, London, 1930 (cat. 24); Josef Lebovic Gallery 1997 (cat. 17) & 2008 (cat. 30). In collections of Art Gallery New South Wales, Sydney, NSW; National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT.

 
creator of
Horizontal Portrait
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Exhibited in Special Exhibition by the Society of Artists, David Jones’ Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW, May 1929 (cat no 163). Reproduced in “The Contemporary Group of Australian Artists”, Pencil drawing Art In Australia, No 29, September 1929, Plate 18; Hendrik Kolenberg, Australian Drawings, Sydney: Art Gallery New South Wales, 1997, p. 52; Gail Ross, Art & Industry: Frederick Halford Coventry, Art New Zealand, No. 125, Summer 2007-2008, p. 60. Collection Art Gallery New South Wales, Sydney, NSW.

 
creator of
Portrait of Elsdon Best
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Pencil drawing. Collection Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, N.Z.

 
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