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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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Blackman, Charles, b. 1928
The Antipodean artist Charles Blackman was best known for his paintings of schoolgirls and the whimsy of Alice in Wonderland. He was a part of ...
Cook, Allon, b. 1907
Allon Cook was born in 1907. He was a painter who exhibited with the West Australian Society of Arts and with the Perth Society of ...
Dubois, Cyril
Mid 20th century caricaturist and war artist.
Duterrau, Benjamin, b. 1767
Duterrau arrived in Australia when he was 65. Already an established artist, he produced many Australian 'firsts' including 'The Conciliation' - the first history painting ...
Finey, George, b. 1895
Mid 20th century Auckland and Sydney left-wing caricaturist, cartoonist, painter, sculptor and collage artist. Infamous for his bohemian lifetsyle.
Coventry, Frederick Halford, b. 1905
A painter, muralist, stained glass artist, glass painter & etcher, printmaker, poster-designer, art teacher, book-illustrator and designer, Frederick Halford Coventry's art practice encompassed both the ...
Hardy, Frank, b. 1917
Controversial mid 20th century Melbourne author, who worked as an illustrator and cartoonist during the Second World War. Hardy produced 'Troppo Tribune', a camp newspaper ...
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Abbott, Harold, b. 1906
An official war artist during the Second World War, Harold Abbott was an accomplished portraitist who had studied at the Royal Academy of Art in ...
Bare, Harold
Emigrating to Australia after World War I, Harold Bare settled in Liverpool, NSW where he designed hundreds of homes and buildings in the area and ...
Bell, George Frederick Henry, b. 1878
The artist George Bell is best known for his influential role as a teacher in Melbourne and his promotion of modernism in Australia.
Beecroft, Herbert, b. 1864
Widely printed early 20th century Sydney painter, miniaturist, postcard artist and theatrical lightning sketch artist and lecturer.
Heysen, Hans, b. 1877
German-born, Adelaide-based painter. Probably more than any other artist, Hans Heysen changed the way Australia saw the gum tree, as for many, many years 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.
Hele, Ivor, b. 1912
A leading figurative artist working in Adelaide in the mid 20th century. Hele served as a war artist in the Second World War and Korean ...
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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 ...
Indich, Keith, b. 1934
Noongar artist who spent part of his childhood at the Carrolup Native Settlement, later recognised as one of the celebrated Carrolup children artists.
Kelly, Alan, b. 1939
Carrolup child artist who was still painting in 2009 in association with Mungart Boodja Art Centre. Participated in the 2009 Brisbane Powerhouse exhibition 'The Legacy ...
Kelly, Claude
Noongar artist whose childhood works, created while at the Carrolup Native Settlement, are in the collections of the Berndt Museum of Anthropology and the Art ...