W. Blamire Young b. 9 August 1862

Also known as Blamire Young, William Blamire Young
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator),
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Painter, designer, writer and mathematics teacher. An article in 'Art and Australia' in 1921 described Young as being '6' 3" high, aesthetic, virile, uniting the Cambridge manner with the Bohemian Spirit (and with) a picturesque and paradoxical personality'.
Tags: Poster art, Watercolour, Art Nouveau, Art and advertising, Art criticsm, Beggarstaffs
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exhibited at
Australian Artists Colonial to Contemporary : A Spring Exhibition
Date
September 2002 - October 2002
Place
Masterpiece Fine Art Gallery, Hobart, Tas.
Description
Type
Exhibition

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Periods active
  • c.1885 - c.1934
  • c.1885 - c.1925
Residences
  • 1862 - c.1885 Londesborough, Yorkshire, England, UK
  • 1885 - 1893 Katoomba College, Katoomba, NSW, Australia
  • 1893 - 1895 Bushey, Hertfordshire (Greater London), England, UK
  • 1895 - 1912 Melbourne, Vic.
  • 1912 - c.1923 Sussex, England
  • c.1923 - 14 January 1935 Lilydale, Vic.
Tags
  • Poster art
  • Watercolour
  • Art Nouveau
  • Art and advertising
  • Art criticsm
  • Beggarstaffs
  • Poster art
  • Watercolour
  • Art Nouveau
  • Art and advertising
  • Art criticsm
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Death
Burial place Lilydale, Vic.