George Courtney Benson b. 1886

Also known as G. B., George Benson
  • Artist (Industrial / Product Designer),
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator),
  • Artist (Painter)
Early 20th century Victorian and Western Australian painter, muralist and cartoonist. An official war artist during World War 1, Benson was a longstanding member of the Melbourne Savage Club before relocating to Perth where he worked as an art critic and undertook a commission to decorate the beams of Winthrop Hall at the University of WA with Indigenous motifs.
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Related stub person groups
  • Melbourne Savage Club (associate of)
Related people
  • Dyson, Will (associate of)
  • Herbert, Harold (associate of)
Related works
  • Our genial "Cook" soupervises our 163rd bill of fare (with Will Dyson and Harold Herbert) (creator of)
  • (program cover for a (Melbourne Savage Club ) Smoke Concert) (creator of)
Related collections
  • Northam Municipal Art Collection, Northam, WA (collected in)
  • Narrogin Municipal Art Collection, Narrogin, WA (collected in)
  • Geraldton Art Gallery, Geraldton, WA (collected in)
  • Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle, WA (collected in)
  • Bunbury Art Gallery, Bunbury, WA (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Melbourne Savage Club, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • Castlemaine Art Gallery and Historical Museum, Castlemaine, Vic. (collected in)
  • Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, Vic. (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Winthrop Hall at the University of WA, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT (collected in)