Ivor Hele b. 13 June 1912

  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
A leading figurative artist working in Adelaide in the mid 20th century. Hele served as a war artist in the Second World War and Korean War and won the Archibald Prize for portraiture on several occasions during the 1950s.
Tags: Archibald Prize
exhibited at
Ivor Hele: the heroic figure
Date
1998
Place
Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle, NSW
Description

Australian War Memorial touring exhibition. An exhibition drawn from the large art collection held at the Memorial, Australia’s longest-serving war artist, attaining the rank of Major, and serving in North Africa, New Guinea and Korea. Hele’s style changed dramatically throughout his career.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
Newcastle Gallery exhibition archive; (http://www.awm.gov.au/events/travelling/ivor.htm 08/09/03)

Exhibition Catalogue:
Wilkins, Lola., Mattei, Tina., Ivor Hele : the heroic figure. [Canberra] : Australian War Memorial, [1997]
ISBN 0642281610

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Major Solo, Painting