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Cottrell, Dorothy, b. 1902
Mid 20th century sketcher, cartoonist and novelist.
Colclough, Edward, b. 1866
Colclough's work focused on Brisbane and its environs and has a significance in documenting the development of the city. His most important contribution was his ...
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Fairweather, Ian, b. 1891
The Scottish born artist Ian Fairweather travelled extensively throughout South East Asia and China before finally building a thatched hut on Bribie Island off the ...
Gall, Ian, b. 1904
Prolific mid 20th century Brisbane cartoonist, painter, illustrator and journalist.
Hart, Joseph Henry, b. 1880
Born in 1880, Joseph Henry Hart was an accomplished practitioner in diverse media including leatherwork, pewter work and painting. His major surviving work, his illustrations ...
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Lymburner, Francis, b. 1916
Brisbane born artist Francis Lymburner first came to prominence as one of the members of Sydney's Charm School in the late 1940s. His subject matter ...
Monz, Elizabeth, b. 1908
Although Elizabeth Monz exhibited leather and pokerwork extensively throughout Brisbane and regional Queensland her pottery will preserve her memory. She was one of L.J. Harvey's ...
Crane, Olive, b. 1895
Early 20th century sketcher and book illustrator. She was a contemporary of Grace Crowley and Myra Cocks - the three women were among the 'younger ...
Nash, Ossie, b. 1909
An artist who communicated his daily life through his hand decorated envelopes and letters that he sent to his family during WWII. They must have ...
Pedersen, Ella Lilian, b. 1898
Ella Lilian Pedersen was a painter, illuminator, illustrator, weaver, potter, leather-worker, embroiderer, jeweller and enameller. In 1941, with Mona Elliott, she founded the Half Dozen ...
Eagles, Percy, b. 1900
Percy Eagles was a graphic artist whose astonishing skill with the pencil is demonstrated in his numerous portrait studies. There would be few contemporary artists ...
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Rees, Lloyd, b. 1895
Lloyd Rees began his career as an architectural draughtsman, and established his reputation as an artist with detailed pen and pencil drawings of around Sydney. ...
Curtis, Robert Emerson, b. 1898
Mid 20th century illustrator and artist. In 1922 Curtis travelled to the USA with his great friend, the pioneer filmmaker, Charles Chauvel. There he developed ...
Campbell, Ruby, b. 1888
Painter, etcher, wood-carver and pyrographer. Apart from a brief stint in Melbourne in the early 1920s, Ruby Campbell spent her entire life on her family's ...
Shaw, Muriel, b. 1911
Painter and printmaker known by her nickname 'Mim'. A member of the Half Dozen Group of Artists in Brisbane, Shaw travelled extensively overseas and taught ...
Shillam, Kathleen, b. 1916
Sculptor, was born at Paignton, Devon. In 1939 Shillam spent much time drawing animals at Sydney's Taronga Park Zoo.
Thorpe, Lesbia, b. 1919
Thorpe was best known for her woodcuts and colour prints for which she won many prizes.
McMaster, Maude Valerie, b. 1913
Maude McMaster won a swathe of prizes in her youth for her pottery, which she entered in shows in her native state of Queensland. She ...
Watkins, John Samuel, b. 1866
John Samuel Watkins (1866-1942) was an English born portrait painter. He is best known for operating a popular Sydney based art school during the early ...
Bustard, William, b. 1891
Painter, printmaker, stained-glass artist, illustrator and poster designer. He was profoundly influenced by York Minster with its medieval glass and music, he studied at the ...