James Flett b. 1906

  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Painter)
A painter and graphic artist whose book of pirates featured the largest colour linocuts produced by an Australian artist at that time. He also produced a series of drawings of well known Victorian explorers.
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Citations

  • Lebovic and Warner, 'Fifty Years’.

  • Cook, David, 'Picture Postcards in Australia 1898-1920’.

  • Draffin, Nicholas (1976), 'Australian woodcuts and linocuts of the 1920s and 1930s’, Sun Books, South Melbourne, Vic.

  • McCulloch, Alan (1984), 'Encyclopedia of Australian Art’, Melbourne, Vic. (2nd edn).

  • Flett, J. (1931), 'Pirates’, Frank C. Johnson, Sydney, NSW.

  • Lebovic, Josef (1987), 'Masterpieces of Australian printmaking : exhibition 30 April – 30 May 1987’, Josef Lebovic Gallery, Paddington, NSW.

See also

  • 'The Artist 1928, colour linocut 27.2 x 19.1 cm, edn 25, copy National Gallery of Australia'.

Initial data sources

  • Black and white artists

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Related collections
  • Castlemaine Art Museum, Castlemaine, VIC (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • Castlemaine Art Gallery and Historical Museum, Castlemaine, Vic. (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)