Blamire Young b. 9 August 1862

Also known as W. Blamire Young, William Blamire Young
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator),
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Originally a mathematics teacher, the English born Blamire Young established himself as an illustrator, painter, designer, writer and art critic. 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, The Beggarstaffs
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Name
Blamire Young
Also known as:
  • W. Blamire Young
  • William Blamire Young
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Other Occupation
  • Mathematics teacher (ANZSIC code: 8219) 1885 - c.1893 Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia
  • Art critic (ANZSIC code: 9002) c.1920 - 1934 England and Australia
Tags:
Poster art
Watercolour
Art Nouveau
Art and advertising
Art criticsm
The Beggarstaffs
Birth date
9 August 1862
Birth place
Londesborough, Yorkshire, England
Death date
14 January 1935
Death place
Montrose, Victoria, Australia
Burial place
Lilydale, Victoria, Australia
Active Period
  • c.1895 - 1934
Arrival
  • 23 February 1885
Residence
  • 1862 Londesborough, Yorkshire, England
  • 1871 York, Yorkshire, England
  • 1881 Londesborough, Yorkshire, England
  • 1885 - 1893 Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia
  • 1893 - 1896 Bushey, Hertfordshire, England
  • 1896 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  • 1901 Carlton, Victoria, Australia
  • 1902 - 1903 Coburg, Victoria, Australia
  • 1903 - 1905 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  • 1906 - 1907 Greensborough, Victoria, Australia
  • 1908 - 1909 Malvern, Victoria, Australia
  • 1910 - 1912 Toorak, Victoria, Australia
  • 1913 - 1915 South Downs, Sussex, England
  • 1920 - 1921 Ropely, Hampshire, England
  • 1923 London, England
  • 1923 Mooroolbark, Victoria, Australia
  • 1926 - 1935 Montrose, Victoria, Australia
Training
  • B.A., 1884 Pembroke College, Cambridge University, England
  • M.A., 1897 Pembroke College, Cambridge University, England
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Black and white artists

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References [<ExternalResource: Hurst, Nevin (2002), 'Australian Artists Colonial to Contemporary: A Spring Exhibition', Masterpiece Fine Art Gallery catalogue (September-October), Hobart, Tas., cat. 60., researcher - Curnow, Heather.>, <ExternalResource: (6 July 1899), 'At the sign of the poster girl', Melbourne, Vic.: Cycling News, vol. 1, no. 25, p 372, Cycling News references: Volume and Number may be misprinted.>, <ExternalResource: (1898), 'Cycle Posters: How they are drawn: An interview with a designer by a Reflector', Melbourne, Vic.: Cycling News, vol. 3, no. 66, 02-02, pp 16-17, Cycling News references: Volume and Number may be misprinted.>, <ExternalResource: Fink, Elly (1990), 'Young, William Blamire'.>, <ExternalResource: Thomas, D., North, I., & McCarthy F. (1972), 'The Australian Landscape'.>, <ExternalResource: Bruce, J. F.; et al. (1921), 'The Art of Blamire Young', Art in Australia Ltd.>, <ExternalResource: Croll, R.H. (1929), 'Blamire Young: re-creator of history', Melbourne, Vic.: Herald, 04-24.>, <ExternalResource: Fink, Elly (1983), 'The Art of Blamire Young', Sydney, New South Wales: Golden Press.>, <ExternalResource: Ingram, Terry (1981), 'Pumped up poster price inflates art values further', Sydney, NSW: Australian Financial Review, 07-10, p 43.>, <ExternalResource: Lindsay, Lionel (1935), 'The late Blamire Young', Art in Australia, Series 3, Number 57.>, <ExternalResource: McCulloch, Alan (1984), 'Encyclopedia of Australian art', Melbourne, Victoria: Hutchinson of Australia (2nd revised edition).>, <ExternalResource: (1996), 'Australian Prints', Bridget McDonnell Gallery catalogue (29 October-22 November), Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: (1900), 'Blamire Young poster artist', Outpost, 09-08.>, <ExternalResource: (1900), '[Blamire Young lecture on posters]', Arena, 10-06, p 17.>, <ExternalResource: Fink, Elly (1990), 'Young, William Blamire (1862 - 1935)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, ed. 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Blamire (1907), 'Fremiet's "Gorilla and Woman"', Lone Hand 1, June, pp 226-29.>, <ExternalResource: Caban, Geoffrey (1983), 'A fine line: a history of Australian commercial art', Sydney, New South Wales: Hale & Iremonger, p.55.>, <ExternalResource: Marshall, Stephen (2013), 'The Watercolours of Blamire Young', Sydney, New South Wales: Meridian>] [<ExternalResource: Hurst, Nevin (2002), 'Australian Artists Colonial to Contemporary: A Spring Exhibition', Masterpiece Fine Art Gallery catalogue (September-October), Hobart, Tas., cat. 60., researcher - Curnow, Heather.>, <ExternalResource: (6 July 1899), 'At the sign of the poster girl', Melbourne, Vic.: Cycling News, vol. 1, no. 25, p 372, Cycling News references: Volume and Number may be misprinted.>, <ExternalResource: (1898), 'Cycle Posters: How they are drawn: An interview with a designer by a Reflector', Melbourne, Vic.: Cycling News, vol. 3, no. 66, 02-02, pp 16-17, Cycling News references: Volume and Number may be misprinted.>, <ExternalResource: Fink, Elly (1990), 'Young, William Blamire'.>, <ExternalResource: Thomas, D., North, I., & McCarthy F. (1972), 'The Australian Landscape'.>, <ExternalResource: Bruce, J. F.; et al. (1921), 'The Art of Blamire Young', Art in Australia Ltd.>, <ExternalResource: Croll, R.H. (1929), 'Blamire Young: re-creator of history', Melbourne, Vic.: Herald, 04-24.>, <ExternalResource: Fink, Elly (1983), 'The Art of Blamire Young', Sydney, New South Wales: Golden Press.>, <ExternalResource: Ingram, Terry (1981), 'Pumped up poster price inflates art values further', Sydney, NSW: Australian Financial Review, 07-10, p 43.>, <ExternalResource: Lindsay, Lionel (1935), 'The late Blamire Young', Art in Australia, Series 3, Number 57.>, <ExternalResource: McCulloch, Alan (1984), 'Encyclopedia of Australian art', Melbourne, Victoria: Hutchinson of Australia (2nd revised edition).>, <ExternalResource: (1996), 'Australian Prints', Bridget McDonnell Gallery catalogue (29 October-22 November), Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: (1900), 'Blamire Young poster artist', Outpost, 09-08.>, <ExternalResource: (1900), '[Blamire Young lecture on posters]', Arena, 10-06, p 17.>, <ExternalResource: Fink, Elly (1990), 'Young, William Blamire (1862 - 1935)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, ed. D. Pike, A. Shaw, M. Clark, B. Nairn, G. Serle and R. Ward, vol 12, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, Victoria, pp 599-600.>, <ExternalResource: (1896), 'Blamire Young second exhibition of posters', Studio, Volume 7, pp 172-73.>, <ExternalResource: Young, W. Blamire (1907), 'Fremiet's "Gorilla and Woman"', Lone Hand 1, June, pp 226-29.>, <ExternalResource: Caban, Geoffrey (1983), 'A fine line: a history of Australian commercial art', Sydney, New South Wales: Hale & Iremonger, p.55.>, <ExternalResource: Marshall, Stephen (2013), 'The Watercolours of Blamire Young', Sydney, New South Wales: Meridian>, <ExternalResource: ancestry.com.au>]