Rod Shaw b. 17 September 1915

Also known as Schweik, Roderick Shaw, Roderick Malcolm Shaw
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator),
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Designer (Graphic Designer)
Rod Shaw was a dominant figure in the left wing Studio of Realist Art in the 1950s while also being half of the progressive publisher, Edwards & Shaw which printed both the banned book The Trial of Lady Chatterely and the Art Gallery of New South Wales' catalogues. He was also well known as a painter,graphic artist, and cartoonist.
Tags: Political activism, Anti-war, Communist, Anti-censorship
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exhibited at
The Windsor group, 1935-1945
Date
1989
Place
Windsor, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
Art & social commitment : an end to the city of dreams, 1931-1948
Date
1984
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Studio of Realist Art exhibition
Date
1948
Place
Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
British Empire Exhibition
Date
1947
Place
Royal Easter Show, Showgrounds, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Studio of Realist Art exhibition
Date
1946
Place
Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
Australia at War
Date
1945
Place
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic.
Description
Type
Exhibition

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