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Weaver Hawkins b. 28 August 1893

Also known as Raokin, Harold Frederick Weaver Hawkins

Artist (Painter),
Artist (Printmaker)

One of the great advocates for contemporary art in New South Wales. After he was left on the Western Front in World War I, he rehabilitated himself to paint with his left arm. He left England in the 1920s and travelled widely before settling in Sydney in 1935 where he actively supported younger artists in experimenting with modern art.

Tags: Vorticism, Contemporary art, World War I, War injuries, Battle of the Somme, Contemporary Art Society of NSW, Blake Prize

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National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT

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Website

http://cs.nga.gov.au/Default.cfm

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(Large collection from artist’s estate: see www.australianprints.gov.au).
Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia

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The Art Gallery of New South Wales began in the 1870s as an aspect of the Academy of Art. Later it became known as the National Art Gallery of NSW. This name persisted beyond Federation in 1901. It was given its present name in 1958.
It remains the principal collecting and exhibiting body in NSW and is governed by the Art Gallery of New South Wales Act of 1980.

Website

https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/
St Paul's College, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW

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Persecution (1951)

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Weaver Hawkins b. 28 August 1893

National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT

Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia

St Paul's College, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW

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