Arthur James Murch b. 8 July 1902

Also known as Arthur J. Murch
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Sculptor),
  • Designer (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer)
Painter and sculptor, assistant to George Lambert, and in World War II the War artist who captured images of the bombed city of Darwin. Later in life became known for his constant paintings of angophoras.
Tags: Angophora, Classical influence, Central Australia, War memorial, Public Art, Mural, Archibald Prize
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Citations

  • 'NSW Marriage Records : 20658/1940; 581/1897’.

  • 'NSW Birth Records : 19608/1902’.

  • Australian War Memorial (c.2010), 'Arthur Murch’.

    http://www.awm.gov.au/people/65115/

  • Eisenberg, Jo (1992), 'Arthur Murch retrospective’, Exhibition Catalogue, Armidale, NSW.

  • MacDonald, Enid (1940), 'Painters in the Heart of Australia’, Sydney Morning Herald, May 31.

  • Murch, Ria (1997), 'Arthur Murch – An Artist’s Life 1902-1989’, Ruskin Rowe Press, Sydney.

  • Nicholls, Christine (2000), 'Appropriation catalogue’, FUAM.

  • Thomas, Daniel (1977), 'Project 19 – Arthur Murch’, Art Gallery of NSW catalogue, 30 July-28 August.

  • (1933), 'Mr Arthur Murch, an attractive exhibition’, Sydney Morning Herald, May 31.

  • (2000), 'Sotheby’s Fine Australian and International Paintings catalogue’, 2-3 May, Melbourne, lot 118.

  • (1999), 'Motif & meaning – Aboriginal influences in Australian art, 1930-1970’, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Baddeley, Claire, ed., Ballarat, Vic.

  • Fontannaz, Lucienne (1995), 'Then and now – Pitjantjatjara & Aranda artists, 1930s-1990s.’, Australian Exhibitions Touring Agency Ltd & Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute, South Melbourne, Vic.

  • (1936), 'Art Exhibition, Mr Arthur Murch’, Sydney Morning Herald, May 20 (cited Eisenberg).

  • Hoff, Jennifer, Information from.

  • Christopher Allen, “Proudly shunning the trends.” [review of Arthur March and Jurgis Miksevicius exhibition at Manly Art Gallery], The Australian [Weekend Review], 18-19 May 2019 pps. 10-11.

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Related collections
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Castlemaine Art Museum (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT (collected in)