Hugh Sawrey b. 3 March 1919

  • Artist (Painter)
Hugh Sawrey was a painter of the 'Outback' whose subjects reflected the independence and hardiness of country workers. Sawrey was an artist of regional Queensland whose popular appeal was predicated on these values but who was largely neglected by official art institutions.
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associate of
Jon Molvig
1923
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associate of
Caroline Barker
1894
Artist (Painter)
Art teacher
associate of
R. M. Williams
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associate of
Lawrie Kavanage
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associate of
John Cooper
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associate of
Wyn Schubert
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child of
George Sawrey
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child of
Jane Sawrey
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sibling of
Allan Sawrey
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spouse of
Gill Davis Sawrey
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parent of
Jon Sawrey
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parent of
Tony Sawrey
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References [<ExternalResource: 'Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane Qld'.>, <ExternalResource: Sawrey, Hugh (1982), 'Outback', Currawong Press, Milson's Point, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: MacNamara, Owen Roe and Magoffin, Richard (1984), 'Son of Clancy: a bushman's story', Mimosa, Charters Towers, Qld.>, <ExternalResource: Paterson, A B (poems selected by granddaughters) (1985), 'The Banjo's best-loved poems'', Weldon Publishing, Willoughby, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Kavanagh, Lawrie and Sawrey, Hugh (1993), 'Outback', University of Queensland Press,St Lucia, Qld.>, <ExternalResource: Kavanagh, Lawrie and Sawrey, Hugh (1996), 'Overland : from Kelly country to the Gulf', University of Queensland Press,St Lucia, Qld.>, <ExternalResource: McCulloch, Alan and McCulloch, Susan (1994), 'The Encyclopaedia of Australian Art', University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu.>, <ExternalResource: (16 July 1986), 'Sawrey saves 'greatest' painting for Brisbane exhibition', The Courier-Mail, Brisbane.>, <ExternalResource: (2 February 1997), The Sunday Mail, Brisbane,.>, <ExternalResource: Budd, Joe (8 December 1985), 'Sawrey paints history of the outback', Sunday Sun.>, <ExternalResource: (12 August 1963), 'Girl's idea', The Courier-Mail, Brisbane.>, <ExternalResource: Kavanagh, Lawrie (30 August 1980), 'My part in Hugh Sawrey's success', The Courier-Mail, Brisbane.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from (17 February 2009), 'Otte Molvig Bartz'.>, <ExternalResource: Wilkie, Kate (21 January 2001), 'Historic Sawrey paintings restored', Queensland Country Life, Ipswich.>] [<ExternalResource: 'Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane Qld'.>]