Kenneth Macqueen b. 1897

  • Artist
A trustee of the Queensland Art Gallery, Macqueen studied art in London after serving with the Australian Imperial Forces during World War One. On returning to Australia he took up farming where he developed his relationship to nature. Macqueen is recognised as one of the first Australian watercolourists to adopt a formalist approach in which shape and colour play a dominant role.
Name
Kenneth Macqueen
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist
Other Occupation
  • Farmer (ANZSIC code: 01)
Birth date
1897
Death date
21 June 1960
Death place
Millmerran, Qld
Active Period
  • c.1918 - c.1960
Residence
  • 1922 - 1960 Millmerran, Qld
  • c.1919 - c.1922 New South Wales
  • 1916 - 1919 England (Served with the Australian Imperial Force during WW1 )
  • 1908 - 1916 Sydney, NSW
  • 1898 - 1908 Brisbane, Qld
  • 1897 - 1898 Ballarat, Vic.
Training
  • c.1918 - c.1919 Westminster School of Art, London, England
  • c.1918 - c.1919 Slade School of Fine Art, London, England
Languages
  • English