Victor Dove was born in Sydney on 17th September 1928. He lived in Carrs Park and was educated at Hurstville High School in East Sydney. At an early age Victor’s love for art had become obvious and his father, the late Sidney Dove, had a special table with an easel built for him. After leaving high school, Victor enrolled at East Sydney Technical College where he studied commercial art, figure drawing, painting and composition, progressing into a career as a commercial artist.
Early in his career Victor established a position in Pakistan and stayed there for three years working for a Karachi advertising agency, traveling extensively and sketching many points of interest during his stay.
After moving back to Australia he worked as a press artist for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Daily Telegraph , establishing himself as a commercial artist and, to some degree, a travel writer & photographer.
He had a love of travel and undertook extensive visits throughout South East Asia during his holidays, studying the culture and people of various countries and publishing a number of articles for Arts of Asia , Kaleidoscope and various other related magazines during his somewhat limited spare time; this eventually overtook his passion for painting and became his first love.
Victor’s photography and research into South East Asian cultures often led to a presentation slide show to related migrant culture groups in Australia including the Indonesian Society and the Korean Society.
While spending time in Fiji during the late 60s, he gathered a portfolio of information and sketches which were published in 1970 in his book Fiji Sketchbook (Rigby Press).
In his spare time, and later after he retired, Victor visited the south coast of New South Wales with his brother Frederick and family, sketching and painting various points of interest, particularly of the Kiama and Jamberoo areas, while there. Victor’s works also include a number of paintings and drawings from around Cronulla and Doll’s Point in Sydney.
Throughout his life, Victor worked in various media including painting, black & white line and wash drawing (he was a member of the Australian Black & White Artists’ Club) and photography.
Victor Dove died on 26 June 2007.
- Writers:
- Dove, Charles
- Date written:
- 1970
- Last updated:
- 2008
