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Name
Eric Thake
Also known as Eric Prentice Anchor Thake
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist
Other Occupation
  • medical draughtsman (ANZSIC code: 6924)
Birth date
1904
Birth place
Auburn, VIC, Australia
Death date
3 November 1982
Death place
Geelong, VIC, Australia
Active Period
  • 1918 - 1970
Residence
  • Geelong, Victoria
  • Melbourne, Victoria
Training
  • 1925 - 1928 George Bell School, Melbourne, Victoria
  • c.1921 - c.1922 National Gallery of Victoria School, Melbourne
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Black and white artists

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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, .>, <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: RMIT Design Archives Journal, Vol. 7 NO.1+2 2017, p.48>]
Related collections
  • Museum of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, TAS (collected in)
  • Warrnambool Art Gallery, Warrnambool, VIC (collected in)
  • Mornington Peninsula Arts Centre, Mornington Peninsula, VIC (collected in)
  • Geelong Art Gallery, Geelong, VIC (collected in)
  • Castlemaine Art Museum, Castlemaine, VIC (collected in)
  • Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, VIC (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Australian National University, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle, NSW (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia (collected in)
  • Queensland Art Gallery (collected in)
  • Baillieu Library Print Collection, University of Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • Museum of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, TAS (collected in)
  • Warrnambool Art Gallery, Warrnambool, VIC (collected in)
  • Mornington Peninsula Arts Centre, Mornington Peninsula, VIC (collected in)
  • Geelong Art Gallery, Geelong, VIC (collected in)
  • Castlemaine Art Museum, Castlemaine, VIC (collected in)
  • Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, VIC (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Australian National University, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle, NSW (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia (collected in)
  • Queensland Art Gallery (collected in)
  • Baillieu Library Print Collection, University of Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • RMIT Design Archives (collected in)
Related events
  • Contemporary Art Society exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Melbourne Contemporary Group exhibition (exhibited at)
  • (Linocuts of Eric Thake in the University's Art Collection) (exhibited at)
  • In Relief: Australian Wood Engravings, Woodcuts and Linocuts (None)
  • Prints and Patronage: The development of the Geelong Art Gallery's print collection: 1900-1996 (exhibited at)
  • Surrealism: Revolution by Night (exhibited at)
  • Eric Thake: A personal retrospective (exhibited at)
  • Eric Thake: Pubs & Bars (exhibited at)
  • (Retrospective) (exhibited at)
  • Eric Thake: Linocuts, drawings, photographs (exhibited at)
  • (Solo exhibition) (exhibited at)
  • (Group show with Ethel Spowers and Dorrit Black) (exhibited at)
  • (Paintings and linocuts) (exhibited at)
  • Strange Spectacle (exhibited at)
  • Eric Thake: Christmas greetings from Thake's flat (exhibited at)
  • Eric Thake (exhibited at)
  • Eric Thake: a retrospective exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Contemporary drawings (exhibited at)
  • Contemporary Art Society exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Melbourne Contemporary Group exhibition (exhibited at)
  • (Linocuts of Eric Thake in the University's Art Collection) (exhibited at)
  • In Relief: Australian Wood Engravings, Woodcuts and Linocuts (None)
  • Prints and Patronage: The development of the Geelong Art Gallery's print collection: 1900-1996 (exhibited at)
  • Surrealism: Revolution by Night (exhibited at)
  • Eric Thake: A personal retrospective (exhibited at)
  • Eric Thake: Pubs & Bars (exhibited at)
  • (Retrospective) (exhibited at)
  • Eric Thake: Linocuts, drawings, photographs (exhibited at)
  • (Solo exhibition) (exhibited at)
  • (Group show with Ethel Spowers and Dorrit Black) (exhibited at)
  • (Paintings and linocuts) (exhibited at)
  • Strange Spectacle (exhibited at)
  • Eric Thake: Christmas greetings from Thake's flat (exhibited at)
  • Eric Thake (exhibited at)
  • Eric Thake: a retrospective exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Spring Festival of Drawing (exhibited at)
Field Changes
Birth embedded
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Place Auburn, VIC, Australia
Death embedded
Coverage
Place Geelong, VIC, Australia Geelong, Victoria
Summary