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Ironside, Adelaide Eliza, b. 1831

Adelaide Ironside was was the first Australian artist to leave home to advance her career in Europe. Her mature work earned her an audience with ...

Beecroft, Herbert, b. 1864

Widely printed early 20th century Sydney painter, miniaturist, postcard artist and theatrical lightning sketch artist and lecturer.

Boyd, Merric, b. 1888

Merric Boyd's organic decorative ceramics led him to be credited as the father of studio pottery in Australia. He was also a dominant figure in ...

Stoner, Dorothy, b. 1904

Dorothy Stoner supported her career as an artist by teaching art in Tasmania, but she constantly looked to Melbourne, Sydney and Europe for new ways ...

O'Brien, Justin, b. 1917

Justin O'Brien was known at first for his Byzantine influenced paintings of Christian iconography and later for sun drenched studies of Mediterranean landscapes. He was ...

Oldfield, Alan, b. 1943

Alan Oldfield’s early work was characterised by crisp clean abstract paintings which combined a hedonist sensibility with the austerity of hard edge abstraction. His later ...