Hugh Paterson

  • Artist (Painter)
Hugh Paterson advised Prime Minister Andrew Fisher to tax foreign paintings unless intended for public galleries, thus encouraging the first Australian art boom. Paterson also founded the Commonwealth Art Advisory Board, ancestor of the Australia Council.
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Name
Hugh Paterson
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • art administrator
Residence
  • Melbourne, VIC
Languages
  • English
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  • Paterson, Betty (parent of)
  • Paterson, Esther (parent of)
  • McCubbin, Frederick (associate of)
  • Fisher, Andrew (associate of)
  • Paterson, Betty (parent of)
  • Paterson, Esther (parent of)
  • McCubbin, Frederick (associate of)