G. Gayfield Shaw b. 27 August 1885

Also known as Gerrard Gayfield Shaw, G.G. Shaw
  • Artist (Printmaker)
Commercial gallery director, Gayfield Shaw was one of the most prominent members of the Sydney art scene during the early boom period in Australian visual art following the end of the First World War. He was also a skilled printmaker who took a leading role in establishing the nation's first etching society.
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Name
G. Gayfield Shaw
Also known as:
  • Gerrard Gayfield Shaw
  • G.G. Shaw
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Printmaker)
Other Occupation
  • Art teacher (Art teacher Shaw taught etching and printmaking)
  • Grazier
  • Gallery director
  • Bank official
  • Artists' agent
Birth date
27 August 1885
Birth place
Adelaide, SA
Death date
1961
Death place
Sydney, NSW
Death note
Other accounts list his death as 1960. According to the NSW Births, Deaths and Marriages registry however, 1961 is correct.
Active Period
  • c.1910 - c.1956
Residence
  • c.1922 - c.1926 Artarmon, Sydney, NSW
  • c.1908 - c.1922 Sydney, NSW
  • 1926 - 1931 "Tangalola", Ashford Road near Inverell, NSW
  • 1885 - 1908 Adelaide, SA
  • 1931 - 1961 Rose Bay, Sydney
Training
  • c.1908- J.S. Watkins School of Art, Sydney, NSW
  • 20th century South Australian School of Design, Adelaide, SA
Cultural Heritage
  • Scottish
Languages
  • English

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Related people
  • Shaw, James (grandchild of)
  • Shaw, George Baird (relative of)
  • Young, Blamire (associate of)
  • Wilson, Dora L. (associate of)
  • Wakelin, Roland (associate of)
  • Smith, Sydney Ure (associate of)
  • van Raalte, Henri Benedictus Salaman (associate of)
  • Robertson, Bruce (associate of)
  • MacNally, Matthew James (associate of)
  • Lindsay, Percy (associate of)
  • Lindsay, Norman (associate of)
  • Lindsay, Lionel (associate of)
  • Jackson, James R. (associate of)
  • Herbert, Harold (associate of)
  • Fullwood, A. H. (associate of)
  • Aria, George Aubrey (associate of)
  • Cazneaux, Harold (associate of)
  • Feint, Adrian (associate of)
  • Watkins, John Samuel (associate of)
  • Leason, Percy (associate of)
  • Wheeler, Charles (associate of)
  • Tyrrell, James R. (associate of)
  • Perrottet, George D. (associate of)
  • McInnes, W.B. (associate of)
  • de Maistre, Roy (associate of)
  • Gilmore, Mary (associate of)
  • Croll, Robert .H. (associate of)
  • Shaw, Edward Albert (child of)
  • Goldie, Kate (child of)
  • Shaw, Jane May (spouse of)
  • Shaw, James (grandchild of)
  • Shaw, George Baird (relative of)
  • Young, Blamire (associate of)
  • Wilson, Dora L. (associate of)
  • Wakelin, Roland (associate of)
  • Smith, Sydney Ure (associate of)
  • van Raalte, Henri Benedictus Salaman (associate of)
  • Robertson, Bruce (associate of)
  • MacNally, Matthew James (associate of)
  • Lindsay, Percy (associate of)
  • Lindsay, Norman (associate of)
  • Lindsay, Lionel (associate of)
  • Jackson, James R. (associate of)
  • Herbert, Harold (associate of)
  • Fullwood, A. H. (associate of)
  • Aria, George Aubrey (associate of)
  • Cazneaux, Harold (associate of)
  • Feint, Adrian (associate of)
  • Watkins, John Samuel (associate of)
  • Leason, Percy (associate of)
  • Wheeler, Charles (associate of)
  • Tyrrell, James R. (associate of)
  • Perrottet, George D. (associate of)
  • McInnes, W.B. (associate of)
  • de Maistre, Roy (associate of)
  • Gilmore, Mary (associate of)
  • Croll, Robert .H. (associate of)
  • Shaw, Edward Albert (child of)
  • Goldie, Kate (child of)
  • Shaw, Jane May (spouse of)
Related person groups
  • NSW Bookplate Club (associate of)
  • Australian Painter-Etchers' Society (associate of)
  • NSW Bookplate Club (associate of)
  • Australian Painter-Etchers' Society (associate of)
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Initial contributors
  • Clifford-Smith, Silas