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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Other occupations
  • art administrator
  • art administrator
Related people
  • Paterson, Betty (parent of)
  • McCubbin, Frederick (associate of)
  • Fisher, Andrew (associate of)
  • Paterson, Betty (parent of)
  • Paterson, Esther (parent of)
  • McCubbin, Frederick (associate of)
  • Fisher, Andrew (associate of)
Related person groups
  • Commonwealth Art Advisory Board (associate of)
  • Commonwealth Art Advisory Board (associate of)
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