Gert Hugo Emmanuel Sellheim b. 1901

  • Artist (Industrial / Product Designer)
Sellheim was a graphic artist and industrial designer. He won the Sulman Prize in 1939 and was one of the first poster artists to work in a semi abstract style in Melbourne.
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graphic artist and industrial designer, born Estonia; arrived Australia in the 1930s from Germany. Won Sulman Prize in 1939. One of the first poster artists to work in a semi abstract style in Melbourne. Later adapted Aboriginal Art to advertising. Stamp design featuring Aboriginal rock carving of crocodile 1948, pen, ink gouache on card, National Philatelic Museum, Melbourne (ill Baddeley).Did the colour lithographic posters Sunshine and Surf, Australia 1932 (National Archives), Surf Club Australia 1935 (National Archives) and Australia [Boomerang] 1957 (National Gallery of Australia) for the Australian National Travel Association; The Grampians, Victoria, Australia c.1939 (NLA) for the Victorian Railways (poster no.117).

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Date written:
1996
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2007

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Other occupations
  • Industrial designer
  • Industrial designer
References [<ExternalResource: 'NSW Death Records : 11358/1970'.>, <ExternalResource: Hetherington, Michelle (1999), 'Follow the Sun: Australian Travel Posters 1930s-1950s', Canberra, ACT : National Library of Australia, (good biography on wall of exhibition, presumably now in NLA).>, <ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, ''Australia For Sun and Surf' poster', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>] [<ExternalResource: 'NSW Death Records : 11358/1970'.>, <ExternalResource: Hetherington, Michelle (1999), 'Follow the Sun: Australian Travel Posters 1930s-1950s', Canberra, ACT : National Library of Australia, (good biography on wall of exhibition, presumably now in NLA).>]
Related person groups
  • Australian National Travel Association (associate of)
  • Victorian Railways (associate of)
  • Australian National Travel Association (associate of)
  • Victorian Railways (associate of)
Related works
  • Australia [Boomerang] (creator of)
  • Stamp design featuring Aboriginal rock carving of crocodile (creator of)
  • The Grampians, Victoria, Australia (creator of)
  • Surf Club Australia (creator of)
  • Sunshine and Surf, Australia (creator of)
  • 'Australia For Sun and Surf' poster (contributor to)
  • Australia [Boomerang] (creator of)
  • Stamp design featuring Aboriginal rock carving of crocodile (creator of)
  • The Grampians, Victoria, Australia (creator of)
  • Surf Club Australia (creator of)
  • Sunshine and Surf, Australia (creator of)
Related collections
  • National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • National Archives of Australia, Australia (collected in)
  • National Philatelic Museum, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • National Archives of Australia, Australia (collected in)
  • National Philatelic Museum, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • Sulman Prize (received)
  • Sulman Prize (received)
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