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Taylor, Howard, b. 1918
Howard Taylor began to draw and explore his interest in art while a prisoner of war in Europe in the early 1940s. After studying at ...
Taylor, Howard Hamilton, b. 1918
Painter, sculptor and teacher, his work was presented in two retrospectives, in 1985 at the AGWA, and from 2003-06 at ten-venues organised by the MCA ...
Spencer, Bill, b. 1919
In one life Bill Spencer was the Art Gallery of New South Wales attendant who led the fight against asbestos in the gallery building in ...
Thorpe, Lesbia, b. 1919
Thorpe was best known for her woodcuts and colour prints for which she won many prizes.
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Boyd, Arthur, b. 1920
A member of the gifted Boyd family, and grandson of his namesake, the painter Arthur Merric Boyd, Arthur first attended night classes at Melbourne's National ...
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Brack, John, b. 1920
A painter and printmaker, John Brack is considered one of Australia's most significant artists, whose subject matter was resolutely urban, modern life. Brack's extensive body ...
Forbes-Smith, Ira Eleanor Elizabeth, b. 1920
Designer of textiles, painter, china painter, leatherworker and art teacher. Forbes-Smith showed regularly with the Western Australian Women Painters and Applied Arts Society. In the ...
Penberthy, Wesley, b. 1920
Winner of the 1955 Sulman Award. Pemberthy studied under Norman Lindsay in New South Wales.
Dutkiewicz, Ludwik, b. 1921
Ludwik Dutkiewicz was one of several of South Australia's most progressive artists of the post-war era, arriving in Adelaide as an expressionist painter but soon ...
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Smart, Jeffrey, b. 1921
With a career lasting over sixty years the Adelaide born artist Jeffrey Smart was an expatriate realist painter best known for his depiction of isolated ...
Smith, Dorothy Ure, b. 1921
daughter of Sydney Ure Smith, whose drawing of a picnic was turned into a print with help from Margaret Preston.
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Tuckson, Tony, b. 1921
For much of his life Tony Tuckson's reputation was as the Assistant Director of he Art Gallery of New South Wales, passionately advocating for Aboriginal ...
Watson, Stephen, b. 1921
Parr, Robert, b. 1923
The construction of Robert Parr's whimsical sculptures in metal and fabric is informed by his original training as an engineer.
Rowbothan, Marjory, b. 1923
Daughter of art teacher Walter Rowbotham she won numerous prizes including Albany Art Competition Painting Prize 1973, Drawing Prize 1973, Shire Prize 1975, Shire Prize ...
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Dickerson, Robert, b. 1924
Robert Dickerson is a Sydney born figurative painter since the late 1940s and a printmaker since the 1971. Frequently reoccurring subjects in his work include ...
Downing, Brownie, b. 1924
Illustrator, drew sentimental Aboriginal figures as illustrations in children's books.
Keene, Shirley, b. 1924
Shirley Keene's work shows a witty and joyful approach to art making. She has created a range of work including paintings, lithographs and linoprints.
Madigan, Rosemary Wynnis, b. 1926
South Australian born sculptor who concentrated on carving stone and wood to produce classically modern sculptures, mainly based on the human figure. Also an influential ...
Marek, Dusan, b. 1926
Painter, film maker and radical Surrealist. Came to Australia as a political refugee in 1948 and through his teaching as well as his art, had ...