Bernard Hesling b. 8 June 1905

Also known as
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator),
  • Artist (Painter)
Bernard Hesling was a mid-20th century UK-born painter who lived and worked in Sydney from 1928 until 1962, when he moved to Adelaide. He was a designer and muralist in the 1950s and later a successful vitreous-enamel painter who did much to foster vitreous-enamel artwork on steel plate in Australia. He was also a cartoonist, journalist and author of humorous autobiographical books.
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creator of
Cheery pencil drawing of Kings Cross
Date

(State Library of New South Wales, Mitchell Library SVIA DARH 2, inscribed to 'Miss M. Macdonald from B. Hesling’).

 

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Related collections
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Hamilton Art Gallery, Hamilton, VIC (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Hamilton Art Gallery, Hamilton, VIC (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)