Hugh Paterson

  • Artist (Painter)
Hugh Paterson advised Prime Minister Andrew Fisher to tax foreign paintings unless intended for public galleries, thus encouraging the first Australian art boom. Paterson also founded the Commonwealth Art Advisory Board, ancestor of the Australia Council.
parent of
Betty Paterson
1895
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Andrew Fisher
Other occupation
associate of
Frederick McCubbin
Artist (Painter), Artist (Draughtsman)
parent of
Betty Paterson
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Artist (Painter)
parent of
Esther Paterson
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Artist (Painter)