Frank McNamara b. 1916

  • Artist (Painter)
Worked as a commercial artist before enlisting in the services in WWII. He exhibited watercolours of "almost photographic accuracy".
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painter and commercial artist, lived in Hamilton (NSW) and worked as a commercial artist before enlisting in the army in WWII and serving in New Britain as a sergeant in Brigade Intelligence. His paintings had been exhibited in Sydney and one was acquired by the NGV before 1945, when, aged 29, he painted watercolours of jungle warfare in New Guinea and New Britain 'with almost photographic accuracy’.

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Date written:
1999
Last updated:
2011

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