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Furniss, Harry, b. 1854
19th century Irish-born caricaturist, writer and illustrator who published a book based on his travels in Australasia in 1899.
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Rodway, Florence Aline, b. 1881
Florence Aline Rodway had a splendid career as a portraitist but preferred to do more complex compositions with figures. Together with artists such as Thea ...
Melocco, Pietro, b. 1883
Pietro and one of his brothers (Antonio) were the principals of Melocco Brothers, Sydney. Pietro trained as a mason's apprentice and later at the Cooper ...
Fry, Dorothy, b. 1891
Early 20th century Sydney illustrator and cartoonist, Fry worked for a time as a commercial artist, drawing newspaper advertisements as well as cartoons and illustrations ...
Findlay, Rita, b. 1893
Findlay began her career as a commercial artist, later becoming advertising manager for the celebrated George's department store, Melbourne. She was an influential figure in ...
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Feint, Adrian, b. 1894
Feint was a painter, printmaker, bookplate designer and illustrator who provided illustrations for a range of books and journals and was well-known for his bookplates. ...
Annand, Douglas, b. 1903
One of Australia's best known graphic and poster artists, Douglas Annand also had a distinguished career as a camouflage artist during the Second World War. ...
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Stokes, Constance, b. 1906
Stokes' art shows her interest in the human form, in particular the female figure. Her powerful nude female studies are beyond the erotic or decorative, ...
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Cant, James Montgomery, b. 1911
Cant was a painter, printmaker, stage designer and textile designer who also worked as a display officer assisting with Aboriginal display at Australian Museum, Sydney, ...
Beck, Richard, b. 1912
Beck practised as an industrial designer and graphic artist in the UK and Australia. He designed travel posters for the Orient Line, London Transport, stamps ...
Nichol, Arthur John, b. 1914
Nichol was an illustrator, graphic designer and cartoonist. As a Prisoner of War Europe 1941-1945, he produced posters and realist artworks of life in Stalag ...
Norton, Frank, b. 1916
Norton was appointed a WWII war artist with the RAN and the RAAF, later re-appointed as official war artist in the Korean War. Hhe taught ...
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Baulch, Douglas, b. 1917
Douglas Baulch, painter, worked en plein-air in a blended impressionist and realist style. He exhibited at the Victorian Artists' Society and painted in the Yarra ...
Buckland, Ken, b. 1921
Buckland was a commercial artist and painter with British art training, arriving in Australia in the 1960s. He exhibited widely featuring in regional shows such ...
Dennis, Margery, b. 1922
Margery Dennis was a naive painter, popular in the 1970s and 80s. Her work was selected to be hung in the 1977 Archibald Prize and ...
Dybka, Anne, b. 1922
Dybka was a London-trained artist with later studies in Melbourne at the National Gallery school and George Bell. She worked in ceramics and glass for ...
Joynes, Heather, b. 1923
Joynes was an embroiderer and needleworker working in Sydney. She was an active member of the Embroiderers Guild NSW, exhibiting in their exhibitions and other ...
Bayliss, Joan Janet, b. 1925
Bayliss pioneered use of art in psychology for treating children with behavioural problems. She also raised money for Alzheimer's research via her artwork.
Altmann, Charles, b. 1928
Altmann was a self-taught artist, working as a commercial artist in Brisbane, later in Sydney. He joined John Fairfax's Sydney Morning Herald in 1954 working ...
Fawcett, Godfrey, b. 1928
Fawcett trained in England, later moving to Melbourne taking a position with David Lancashire's studio as a "lettering artist'. He moved toward retirement with the ...