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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Arrivals
  • 1912
  • 1912
Related works
  • Barn near Tuggerah (creator of)
  • Squall on Sydney Harbour (creator of)
  • The Southern Wind (None)
  • Streetscene around 1963 [Cambridge Street and Cumberland Place Steps, The Rocks, Sydney] (creator of)
  • Barn near Tuggerah (creator of)
  • Squall on Sydney Harbour (creator of)
  • The Southern Wind (None)
Related recognitions
  • Society of Artists (received)
  • Society of Artists (received)
Related events
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • Tribute to Roland Wakelin (exhibited at)
  • Matson Lines' exhibition of Australian Art at the California Palace of Legion of Honour in San Francisco and the Los Angeles Municipal Gallery (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • Solo exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • Tribute to Roland Wakelin (exhibited at)
  • Matson Lines' exhibition of Australian Art at the California Palace of Legion of Honour in San Francisco and the Los Angeles Municipal Gallery (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • Solo exhibition (exhibited at)
Field Changes
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Indigenous notes