Roland Wakelin b. 17 April 1887

  • Artist (Painter)
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 (Painter)
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
17 April 1887
Birth place
Greytown, Wairarapa, New Zealand
Birth note
sometimes written as Greymouth, NZ [sic]
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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