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Paramor, Wendy, b. 1938

Wendy Paramor was the only woman painter and sculptor to flourish in the hard edge colour field abstractionist Central Street. She died young, of cancer, ...

Plapp, Jon Michael, b. 1938

Raft, Emanuel, b. 1938

The Egyptian born Emanuel Raft brought a cosmopolitan perspecive to the way he approached painting, sculpture and design. He was also a teacher and mentor ...

Wordsworth, Donald, b. 1938

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Baldessin, George Joseph Victor, b. 1939

Widely travelled, Baldessin honed his art through formal training and collaborative projects. He was a highly respected printmaker who studied at the Chelsea School of ...

Buchanan, Cole Peter Barnabas, b. 1939

Late 20th century Sydney newspaper cartoonist, writer and designer. Creator of 'Captain Humungus'

Duke, Jas H, b. 1939

Performance poet, actor, dadaist and sound artist, inspired by the underground movements he encountered in the USA and UK in the late 1960s and early ...

Erickson, Dorothy, b. 1939

West Australian jeweller Dorothy Erickson has always reached out to a global audience with her elegant precise pieces, which are often based on elements found ...

Gentle, Christopher, b. 1939

painter and art teacher. Gentle is known for his landscape paintings, Nevill Drury having once praised his "powerful bond with the dramatic landforms of the ...

Hanrahan, Barbara, b. 1939

A well-known twentieth-century author as well as painter.

Irving, Tony, b. 1939

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.

Jones, Clifford Malcolm, b. 1939

Graphic artist, painter and printmaker, Jones was born and trained as an artist in England. He came to Perth in 1958, where he did finely ...

Mann, Gillian, b. 1939

The artist has work in National Gallery of Australia collection.

Norling, Robin, b. 1939

Norling began his career in sign-writing, later training in painting at the National Art School, Sydney, and the Royal College of Art, London, UK. He ...

Parks, Ti, b. 1939

The experimental artist Ti Parks had a major influence on the development of conceptual art in Australia, especially in Melbourne.

Treweeke, Vernon, b. 1939

Vernon Treweeke has been called "the father of psychedelic art in Australia" and was a close associate of Brett Whiteley, who he had known from ...

Weymouth , Ross, b. 1939

Fashion designer and couturier based in South Yarra, Melbourne and Darlington Point, New South Wales. Life partner and collaborator of John Claringbold.