George Coates b. 9 August 1869

  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Painter)
A contemporary of Charles Conder and Margaret Preston, painter George Coates ran a drawing studio in Melbourne before leaving for Europe and further study in 1897. Despite never being an official war artist, Coates's painting, depicting his experiences as a hospital orderly in London during WW1, is held in the collection of the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. Coates was married to fellow artist Dora Meeson.
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Citations

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

  • Meeson Coates, Dora (1937), 'George Coates: His Art and His Life’, London, England: J.M. Dent.

  • Gray, Anne and Fry, Gavin (1982), 'Masterpieces of the Australian War Memorial’, Adelaide, SA: Rigby.

  • Quinlin, Karen (1999), 'George and Dora’, The world of Antiques and Art, December 1999-June 2000.

  • Scott, Myra and Varcoe-Cocks, Michael (2001), 'The Portrait of Arthur Walker and his brother Harold, (1912)’, Gallery, April/May.

Initial data sources

  • National Gallery of Australia

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Related collections
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • Castlemaine Art Museum (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)