Henri Benedictus Salaman van Raalte b. 11 February 1881

Also known as Henri van Raalte, Henry van Raalte
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter)
English trained printmaker who arrived in Western Australia in 1910. During the following two decades he was one of Australia's best known printmakers working mainly in Western Australia and South Australia. During the early 1920s he was also a leading arts administrator in Adelaide.

Citations

  • W.C.T. (an unknown artist friend) (9 November 1929), ''Henri Van Raalte’ (obituary)’, West Australian, Perth, WA, pg. 4.

  • Stevens, Bertram (1921), 'Etchings in Australia’, Art in Australia, Sydney, NSW, Unpaginated.

  • Finlayson, Ronald, 'The Adelaide Exhibition of the Australian Painter-Etchers’ Society’, Art in Australia, Sydney, NSW, May 1922, pg. 14.

  • Lindsay, Lionel (5 November 1918), 'The Etchings of H. Van Raalte, A.R.E.’, Art in Australia, Sydney, NSW, 5th number Unpaginated.

  • (6 November 1929), 'Artist found dead by sons’, The Register, Adelaide, SA, pg. 2.

  • (1 March 1926), 'Art Gallery Affairs’, The Register, Adelaide, SA, pg. 9 & 12.

  • (18 February 1926), 'Art Gallery Pictures’, The Register, Adelaide, SA, pg. 12.

  • (16 February 1926), 'Mr. H. Van Raalte’', The Register, Adelaide, SA, pg. 9.

  • (8 January 1926), 'The Art Curator’s Resignation’, The Register, Adelaide, SA, pg. 9.

  • (6 January 1926), 'Art Curator’s Resignation’, The Register, Adelaide, SA, pp 9-10.

  • van Raalte, R B (1989), 'Henri van Raalte Master Printmaker’, Arthur Spartalis Fine Art, Perth, WA, This monograph includes many examples of the artist’s work.

  • Sprott, Christabel (1980), 'Henri van Raalte’s Art and Life, Pride and Prejudice in 1920s Adelaide’, Bulletin of the Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, (Volume 38).

  • Chappell, Christabel (1990), 'Van Raalte, Henri Benedictus Salaman (1881-1929)’, Australian Dictionary of Biography (volume 9), MUP.

  • (6 November 1929), 'Mr. Henri Van Raalte found dead at Second Valley’, Advertiser, Adelaide, SA.

  • Chapman, Barbara (1990), 'Beatrice Darbyshire’, University of Western Australia Press, WA.

  • Butler, Roger (2007), 'Printed: images by Australian artists 1885-1955’, National Gallery of Australia.

See also

  • 'Photo of artist at his press by August Knapp, Perth, c.1916', This photograph is reproduced on the cover of the 1989 monograph of the artist, published by Arthur Spartalis Fine Art, Perth.
  • 'Van Raalte with other artists at the 1924 Adelaide Artists' Week'. http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an23513717

Initial data sources

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