Eric Thake b. 1904

Also known as Eric Prentice Anchor Thake
  • Artist
Mid 20th century Melbourne surrealist graphic and commercial artist and illustrator, muralist, designer and painter.
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creator of
'The Plume Hunter'
 
None
Courtesy of: Eva Breuer Art Dealer
Cloud Shadow on the Sand
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Medium
Oil on canvas on board

24.2 × 17.6cm

 
creator of
'Self Portrait among the Anthills'
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linocut?; Art Gallery of New South Wales

 
creator of
"Ho Joe!"
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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: RMIT Design Archives Journal, Vol. 7 NO.1+2 2017, p.48>] [<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.>]