Eric Thake b. 1904

Also known as Eric Prentice Anchor Thake
  • Artist
Mid 20th century Melbourne surrealist graphic and commercial artist and illustrator, designer and painter.
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exhibited at
Contemporary Art Society exhibition
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Melbourne, Victoria
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exhibited at
Melbourne Contemporary Group exhibition
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Melbourne, Victoria
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exhibited at
(Linocuts of Eric Thake in the University's Art Collection)
Date
1999
Place
Drill Hall Gallery, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT
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In Relief: Australian Wood Engravings, Woodcuts and Linocuts
Date
1997
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National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC
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exhibited at
Prints and Patronage: The development of the Geelong Art Gallery's print collection: 1900-1996
Date
1996
Place
Geelong Art Gallery, Geelong, Victoria
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exhibited at
Surrealism: Revolution by Night
Date
1993
Place
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (and touring)
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exhibited at
Eric Thake: A personal retrospective
Date
1981
Place
Ministry for the Arts Foyer Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria
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Eric Thake: Pubs & Bars
Date
1976
Place
Geelong Art Gallery, Geelong, Victoria
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(Retrospective)
Date
1970
Place
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria
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Eric Thake: Linocuts, drawings, photographs
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1968
Place
Newcastle City Art Gallery, Newcastle, New South Wales
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(Solo exhibition)
Date
1947
Place
Georges Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria
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(Group show with Ethel Spowers and Dorrit Black)
Date
1929
Place
Melbourne, Victoria
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exhibited at
(Paintings and linocuts)
Date
1927
Place
Melbourne, Victoria
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Exhibition

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References [<ExternalResource: (October 1976), 'Eric Thake: Pubs & Bars', Geelong, Victoria: Geelong Art Gallery, .>, <ExternalResource: (December 1968), 'Eric Thake: Linocuts, drawings, photographs', Newcastle, New South Wales: Newcastle City Art Gallery, .>, <ExternalResource: (January 1981), 'Eric Thake: A personal retrospective', Melbourne, Victoria: Ministry for the Arts Foyer Gallery, .>, <ExternalResource: McAuslan, Jean (March 1983), 'Eric Thake 1904-82', Canberra, ACT: Journal of the Australian War Memorial 2, pp 20-23, .>, <ExternalResource: (19 August 1972), 'A portrait of the artist', Melbourne Herald.>, <ExternalResource: (12 November 1982), 'A singular man of surreal vision', Melbourne, Victoria: Age, p 14.>, <ExternalResource: Chapman, Christopher (1993), 'Surrealism: Revolution by Night', Canberra, ACT: National Gallery of Australia, pp 263 ff.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Crayford.>, <ExternalResource: Croll, R.H. (1942), 'The Bookplates of Eric Thake', Melbourne, Victoria: Hawthorn Press.>, <ExternalResource: Grant, Kirsty (1997), 'In Relief', Melbourne, Victoria: National Gallery of Victoria.>, <ExternalResource: Macleod, Diane (1996), 'People, Prints and Patronage: The development of the Geelong Art Gallery's print collection 1900-1996', Geelong, Victoria: Geelong Art Gallery.>, <ExternalResource: McCulloch, Alan (1984), 'Encyclopedia of Australian Art', Melbourne, Victoria: Hutchinson of Australia.>, <ExternalResource: Pinson, Peter, 'PhD thesis on Thake', Sydney, New South Wales: College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales.>, <ExternalResource: Summons, Elizabeth (intro.) (1978), 'The Eric Thake Picture Book', Melbourne, Victoria: Gryphon Books.>, <ExternalResource: Thake, Eric, (own books).>, <ExternalResource: Wood, Lilian, p.41.>, <ExternalResource: Melbourne, Victoria: National Gallery of Victoria files.>, <ExternalResource: Skinner, Dion H.; and Kroeger, John (1968), 'Renniks Australian Artists', Adelaide, SA : Renniks.>, <ExternalResource: (24 November 1999), Melbourne, Victoria: Deutscher-Menzies catalogue, lot 168.>, <ExternalResource: (1 May 2002), Melbourne, Victoria: Deutscher-Menzies catalogue, lot 277.>, <ExternalResource: Melbourne, Victoria: Meanjin.>] [<ExternalResource: (October 1976), 'Eric Thake: Pubs & Bars', Geelong, Victoria: Geelong Art Gallery, .>, <ExternalResource: (December 1968), 'Eric Thake: Linocuts, drawings, photographs', Newcastle, New South Wales: Newcastle City Art Gallery, .>, <ExternalResource: (January 1981), 'Eric Thake: A personal retrospective', Melbourne, Victoria: Ministry for the Arts Foyer Gallery, .>, <ExternalResource: McAuslan, Jean (March 1983), 'Eric Thake 1904-82', Canberra, ACT: Journal of the Australian War Memorial 2, pp 20-23, .>]