Hal Missingham b. 8 December 1906

Also known as H. M., Misso, Mingham, Miss Ingham, Harold Missingham
  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Curator
Western Australian born painter, photographer, illustrator and author. He also had an active interest in design issues authoring a book, "Design Focus" for architects, craftworkers and industrial designers. Hal Missingham is best known for being the post-war director of the Art Gallery of NSW.

Citations

  • 'Art Gallery of NSW Library, Sydney, NSW and other sources’.

  • Missingham, Hal (June 1950), 'Camera Class’, A.M. [magazine], pg 48, .

  • Thomas, Daniel, ''Hal Missingham’ [obituary]’, Art and Australia, Summer 1994 (Volume 32, No 2).

  • Hesling, Bernard (September 1945), 'Hal Missingham’, Australia: National Journal, pp 23-25, .

  • Douglas, Kim (October 1986), 'After a devastating fire artist Hall Missingham rebuilds his life’, Australian Women’s Weekly, pp 83-85, .

  • Burns, Anne (4 December 1993), 'Missingham a life in fine detail’, Perth Metro Daily, (page unknown).

  • Thomas, Laurie (1976), 'The most noble art of them all’, University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, QLD.

  • Badham, Herbert E. (1949), 'A Study of Australian Art’, Currawong Publishing Co, Sydney, NSW.

  • Campbell, Jean (1995), 'James Cant & Dora Chapman’, Beagle Press, Sydney.

  • (24 June 1976), 'Fond return for Mr Missingham’, Sydney Morning Herald, pg 12.

  • Furphy, John (ed) (2009), '[2009] Australian Art Sales Digest’, John Furphy Pty Ltd, Baulkham Hills, Sydney, WA.

  • (9 April 1994), ''Gallery’s saviour had a larrikin streak’ [Obituary]’, Sydney Morning Herald, pg 8.

  • Klepac, Lou, (1985), 'Hall Missingham Review Exhibition 1973-1984 [exhibition catalogue]’, Freemantle Arts Centre, WA.

  • Thomas, Laurie (4 September 1970), 'The debt Australia owes to Missingham’, The Australian, page 10.

  • Hal Missingham, A Students Guide to Commercial Art, Faber & Faber, 1948.

  • Hal Missingham, Design Focus, Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1978.

See also

Initial data sources

  • 'DAAO Researcher-in-Residence' supported by the Power Institute Foundation for Art & Visual Culture, University of Sydney