Geoffrey Tyson b. 3 April 1911

Also known as Geoff Tyson
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator),
  • Artist (Graphic Designer),
  • Artist (Painter)
Mid 20th century Launceston art teacher, painter and advertising artist. Known for sketches made while a Prisoner of War during WWII.
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painter and advertising artist, was born in Launceston on 3 April 1911; he studied commercial art in Melbourne and worked in advertising 1930-34, then as a newspaper artist for the Launceston Examiner . Enlisted in AIF 1940 and spent 1942-45 as a POW in Timor, Java and Japan. Sketches done as POW are his best-known works.

Returned to Launceston and taught at Launceston Tech. Later he went back to advertising art and painting. Member Tasmanian Group of Painters, Launceston Art Society and Victorian Artists’ Society.

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Date written:
1996
Last updated:
2007

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References [<ExternalResource: Backhouse, Sue (1988), 'Tasmanian artists of the twentieth century : painters, sculptors, printmakers and photographers 1900-1985', Hobart, Tas : Pandani Press.>, <ExternalResource: McCulloch, Alan (1984), 'Encyclopedia of Australian Art', Melbourne, Vic : Hutchinson of Australia (2nd edition).>, <ExternalResource: 'Launceston Examiner', Launceston, Tas.>]