Tony Irving b. 1939

Also known as Anthony Irving
  • Artist
Melbourne based painter, illustrator and designer. In 1982-83 was artist-in-residence with the Victorian Trades Hall, commissioned to depict life on the workshop floor.
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painter, designer and illustrator, born England; Dip Art Swinburne Technical College, 1955-59; socio-realist who won the McCaughey Memorial Prize, National Gallery of Victoria, 1966 with a figurative painting, Uncle John’s 1919 Homecoming . Combines painting with graphic design and book design and illustration. In 1982-83 was artist-in-residence with the Victorian Trades Hall, comissioned to depict life on the workshop floor. Published sketchbook of Melbourne in 1981.

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1996
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2007

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