Roland Wakelin b. 1887

  • Artist
Modernist painter, Roland Wakelin, was born in New Zealand in 1887. He moved to Sydney, Australia in 1912 where he studied under Antonio Dattilo Rubbo and Norman Carter at the Royal Art Society of New South Wales.
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Name
Roland Wakelin
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist
Other Occupation
  • Tutor (Tutor Department of Adult Education)
  • Art teacher (Art teacher 1951, National Gallery School in Melbourne, VIC. 1952, School of Architecture at the University of Sydney, NSW.)
  • Ticket writer (Ticket writer Mark Foy's and David Jones)
  • Commercial Artist (Commercial Artist Smith & Julius and O'Brien Publicity Co.)
  • Clerk (Clerk Stamps Office)
  • Office Boy (Office Boy 1904)
Birth date
1887
Death date
28 May 1971
Death place
Rose Bay, Sydney, NSW
Active Period
  • unspecified date range
Arrival
  • 1912
Residence
  • 1922 - 1924 London, England
  • 1912 - 1922 Sydney, NSW (suburbs include: Milson's Point, Woollahra, Waverton, Dee Why, Chatswood )
  • 1924 - 1971 Sydney, NSW (suburbs include: Milson's Point, Woollahra, Waverton, Dee Why, Chatswood )
  • Wellington, New Zealand
  • 1887 Greytown, Wairarapa Valley, New Zealand
Training
  • 1913 Royal Art Society of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
  • Wellington Technical School, New Zealand
  • Wellington College, New Zealand
Cultural Heritage
  • New Zealand
Languages
  • English

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  • Carter, Norman St Clair (associate of)
  • Smith, Grace Cossington (associate of)
  • Rees, Lloyd (associate of)
  • Meldrum, Max (associate of)
  • Preston, Margaret (associate of)
  • Maistre, Roy de (associate of)
  • Young, John (associate of)
  • Wakelin, Patricia (spouse of)
  • Wakelin, Emily (child of)
  • Wakelin, Richard Alfred (child of)
  • Rubbo, Antonio Dattilo (associate of)
  • Bastings, Henri (associate of)
  • Konody, Paul George (associate of)
  • Carter, Norman St Clair (associate of)
  • Smith, Grace Cossington (associate of)
  • Rees, Lloyd (associate of)
  • Meldrum, Max (associate of)
  • Preston, Margaret (associate of)
  • Maistre, Roy de (associate of)
  • Young, John (associate of)
  • Wakelin, Patricia (spouse of)
  • Wakelin, Emily (child of)
  • Wakelin, Richard Alfred (child of)
  • Rubbo, Antonio Dattilo (associate of)
  • Bastings, Henri (associate of)
  • Konody, Paul George (associate of)
Related person groups
  • Royal Art Society (associate of)
  • Colour Music (associate of)
  • Northwood Group (associate of)
  • Society of Artists (associate of)
  • Pumpkin Cottage (associate of)
  • Royal Art Society (associate of)
  • Colour Music (associate of)
  • Northwood Group (associate of)
  • Society of Artists (associate of)
  • Pumpkin Cottage (associate of)
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Date modified April 10, 2011, 10:56 p.m. April 10, 2011, 10:56 p.m.