George Bell b. 1 December 1878

  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter)
Painter, teacher and art critic, George Bell spent a number of years in Europe studying, painting and working as an official war artist from 1918 to 1919. Art critic for the Melbourne Sun News-Pictorial for almost three decades, Bell played an active and influential role in promoting the modern art movement in Australia in the 1930s and 40s.
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Citations

  • 'National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT’.

  • Williams, Fred (1990), 'George Bell’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, 1891-1939, vol.12, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Helmer, June (1985), 'George Bell: the art of influence’, Greenhouse, Melbourne, Vic.

  • St John Moore, Felicity (1992), 'Classical Modernism: the George Bell Circle’, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic.

Initial data sources

  • National Gallery of Australia

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