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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Citations

  • (April 1997), 'Sotheby’s Fine Australian Paintings’, Melbourne, Vic., (28-29 April 1997), cat.53 (ill.), .

  • (c.1995), 'S.H. Ervin catalogue’.

  • Thomas, Daniel (7 February 1976), 'Project 11: Weaver Hawkins’.

  • Chanin, Eileen & Miller, Steven (1985), 'The Art and Life of Weaver Hawkins’, Craftsman House, Sydney, NSW (pl.32, p.166).

  • McCulloch, Alan (1984), 'Encyclopedia of Australian Art’, Hutchinson of Australia, Melbourne, Vic. (2nd edition).

  • (1996), 'Australian Miscellany collectors’, Josef Lebovic [list 55, cat. 71 (ill)].

  • Hawkins, H. F. W. (1929), 'A Zoological Alphabet’, Malta.

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  • Weaver Hawkins 1893-1977 S.H. Ervin Museum and Art Gallery (exhibited at)
  • Project 11: Weaver Hawkins (exhibited at)
  • Blake Prize for Religious Art (exhibited at)
  • Project 11: Weaver Hawkins retrospective (exhibited at)
  • Weaver Hawkins retrospective (exhibited at)
  • Weaver Hawkins (exhibited at)
  • Weaver Hawkins (exhibited at)
  • The Weaver Hawkins memorial exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Print Council of Australia Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Mike Brown Appeal Fund Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • 32nd annual C.A.S. exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Perth Prize for drawing 1967 (exhibited at)