Roland Wakelin b. 1887

  • Artist
Modernist painter, Roland Wakelin, was born in New Zealand in 1887. He moved to Sydney, Australia in 1912 where he studied under Antonio Dattilo Rubbo and Norman Carter at the Royal Art Society of New South Wales.
Name
Roland Wakelin
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist
Other Occupation
  • Tutor (ANZSIC code: P)
  • Art teacher (ANZSIC code: 8022)
  • Ticket writer (ANZSIC code: 6924)
  • Commercial Artist (ANZSIC code: 6924)
  • Clerk (ANZSIC code: 7291)
  • Office Boy (ANZSIC code: 7291)
Birth date
1887
Birth place
Greytown, Wairarapa Valley, New Zealand
Death date
28 May 1971
Death place
Rose Bay, Sydney, NSW
Active Period
  • 1910-1919 - 1971
Arrival
  • 1912
Residence
  • 1922 - 1924 London, England
  • 1912 - 1922 Sydney, NSW (suburbs include: Milson's Point, Woollahra, Waverton, Dee Why, Chatswood )
  • 1924 - 1971 Sydney, NSW (suburbs include: Milson's Point, Woollahra, Waverton, Dee Why, Chatswood )
  • Wellington, New Zealand
  • 1887 Greytown, Wairarapa Valley, New Zealand
Training
  • 1913 Royal Art Society of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
  • Wellington Technical School, New Zealand
  • Wellington College, New Zealand
Cultural Heritage
  • New Zealand
Languages
  • English