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
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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.

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Related events
  • NSW Society of Artists (exhibited at)
  • Project 19: Arthur Murch (exhibited at)
  • Tribute to Arthur Murch (exhibited at)
  • Arthur Murch 1902-1989: a restrospective (exhibited at)
  • NSW Society of Artists (exhibited at)