Hal Missingham b. 8 December 1906

Also known as H. M., Misso, Mingham, Miss Ingham, Harold Missingham
  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter),
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Western Australian born painter, photographer, illustrator and author. He also had an active interest in design issues authoring a book, "Design Focus" for architects, craftworkers and industrial designers. Hal Missingham is best known for being the post-war director of the Art Gallery of NSW.
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exhibited at
Hal Missingham: a close focus
Date
1991
Place
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA
Description

Painter, printmaker, photographer, author and gallery director, Hal Missingham began his career as an artist in the late 1920s. This exhibition of his work was drawn from the gallery’s holdings and the artist’s collection. It focused on works that relate to his European and Australian travels between 1926 and 1988.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
AGWA annual report

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Solo Survey, Painting, Printmaking, Photography
exhibited at
Fifty years of Australian printmaking: Sydney Long to Eric Thake
Date
13 August 1988 - 10 September 1988
Place
Josef Lebovic Gallery, Paddington, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
'Hal Missingham'
Date
19 July 1987 - 13 August 1987
Place
Greenhill Galleries, Perth, WA
Description

29 works watercolour, pastel and pen and ink. Mainly WA river and coastal images. This was his last solo exhibition.

Type
Exhibition
Masterpieces of Australian printmaking
Date
30 April 1987 - 30 May 1987
Place
Josef Lebovic Gallery, Paddington, New South Wales
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Hal Missingham Review Exhibition 1973-1984
Date
19 December 1985 - 19 January 1986
Place
Freemantle Arts Centre, Freemantle, WA
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
'Hal Missingham: Christmas Exhibition, 1983'
Date
December 1983
Place
Greenhill Galleries, Perth, WA
Description

38 works mainly inspired by WA and the Cocos islands.

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
'Bush Images'
Date
11 October 1982 - 24 October 1982
Place
Arts Council Gallery, Gormon House, Canberra, ACT
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
'Hal Missingham A.O.'
Date
27 April 1982 - 21 May 1982
Place
Greenhill Galleries, Perth, WA
Description

Watercolours, pastels and drawings.

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Western Australian Artists 1920-1950
Date
October 1980
Place
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA
Description

Exhibition of seven WA artists including Missingham.

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
'Hal Missingham - watercolours and pastels'
Date
6 March 1980 - 23 March 1980
Place
Murray Crescent Galleries, Canberra, ACT
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Some Australian artists
Date
1979
Place
Warrnambool Art Gallery, Warrnambool, VIC
Description

Organised by the Art Gallery of WA and the Australian Gallery Director’s Council and toured to Warnambool Art Gallery and other locations. An exhibition of 92 photographs of well known Australian artists taken by Hal Missingham and Richard Beck.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
NT annual report; State Library of QLD catalogue

Exhibition Catalogue:
Some Australian artists: photographs by Richard Beck and Hal Missingham. [Perth, WA]: s,n., [1979]
1 sheet (5p); 26 cm

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Duo, Photography
exhibited at
'Some Australian Artists, Photographs by Richard Beck and Hal Missingham'
Date
April 1979 - June 1980
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
"Here & There", photographs by Hal Missingham
Date
30 March 1978 - 10 April 1978
Place
Blaxland Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
"Here & There", photographs by Hal Missingham
Date
11 January 1978 - 11 February 1978
Place
University of Western Australia, Perth, WA
Description

150 photographs from Australia and around the world

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
'Hal Missingham - His London Years'
Date
April 1977 - May 1977
Place
Western Australian Art Gallery, Perth, WA
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Hal Missingham, His London Years
Date
1977
Place
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
'Hal Missingham'
Date
July 1975
Place
Von Bertouch Galleries, Newcastle, NSW
Description

22 watercolours and 2 pastels of Western Australia.

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
'Hal Missingham'
Date
April 1975
Place
Skinner Galleries, Perth, WA
Description

55 works inspired by the coastline between Leeuwin and Cape Leveque, Western Australia.

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Mike Brown Appeal Fund Exhibition
Date
19 February 1967
Place
Watters Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Type
Exhibition
Tags
Watters Gallery
exhibited at
'Paintings by Clifton Pugh and Tourist Drawings by Hal Missingham'
Date
31 May 1961 - June 1961
Place
Rudy Komon Art Gallery, Woollahra, Sydney, NSW
Description

30 works by Missingham, painted in Paris, Toyko, Hong Kong, Madrid, USA and the West Indies.

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
'6 Photographers'
Date
30 May 1955 - 6 June 1955
Place
David Jones Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Description

The six photographers were Gordon Andrews, Max Dupain, Kerry Dundas, Hal Missingham, Axel Poignant & David Potts.

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
'Watercolours and drawings by Hal Missingham'
Date
4 November 1953 - 13 November 1953
Place
Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, NSW
Description

Collection of work produced in various media between 1933 and 1953

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
'Paul Beadle and Hal Missingham'
Date
24 October 1945 - 5 November 1945
Place
Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, NSW
Description

70 works prices from 2 to 10 guineas.

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
'Exhibition of drawings by Hal Missingham and Donald Friend'
Date
18 April 1945 - 30 April 1945
Place
Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
'Olive Long and Hal Missingham'
Date
15 November 1944 - 17 November 1944
Place
The Chelsea, Bathurst, NSW
Description

16 works by Missingham. Olive Long was Missingham’s sister-in-law and a former fellow student at the Central School of Arts and Crafts, London.

Type
Exhibition
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