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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 ...
Bonar, Deborah, b. 1974
Bonar Aboriginal heritage is Gidja and Yamatji. She is a graphic designer and artist who produces vibrant artworks with acrylics, inks and ochres which are ...
Fisher, Andrea, b. 1981
Queensland artist, Andrea Fisher works in the medium of jewellery design and 'wearable art'. She was a finalist in the 2007 Telstra National Aboriginal and ...
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Bennett, Gordon, b. 1955
Acclaimed contemporary Indigenous artist, Gordon Bennett's work explores the role of language and systems of thought in forging identity. Much of his work is concerned ...
Hilder, Jesse Jewhurst, b. 1881
Hilder's delicate, sensitive landscape watercolours were enthusiastically received when they were first exhibited in the early years of the century. This was in part because ...
Jose, Ellen, b. 1951
Jose works in various mediums including installation, drawing, video, printmaking, painting and photography. Her works often explore her islander heritage and its symbols and identifying ...
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 ...
Becker, Ludwig, b. 1808
An undervalued member of the fateful Burke and Wills expedition, Ludwig Becker was an accomplished artist and naturalist whose contribution to the expedition has belatedly ...
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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 ...
Mackie, Glen, b. 1975
Glen Mackie was born in 1975 and was taught to carve and paint by members of his extended family. He has since gone on to ...
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Martens, Conrad, b. 1801
Well-travelled (South America, South Pacific and Australasia) English colonial watercolourist, oil painter, lithographer, sketcher and landscape artist who is one of the better known 19th ...
Mason, George, b. 1827
English colonial male wood engraver and painter who taught music and set up Brisbane's first theatre. Apart from being bankrupted twice, he advertised as an ...
Mellor, Danie, b. 1971
Mixed media and conceptual artist, Mellor's work investigates cultural differences in perception and the reading of objects in gallery contexts. Also a landscape artist working ...
Clarke, Percy
Widely travelled Colonial era painter, sketcher and author.
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 ...
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 ...
Thaiday, Ken, b. 1971
Ken Thaiday Jr. was born in 1971 in Gordonvale, North Queensland. His father Ken Thaiday Snr taught him of his Torres Strait Islander culture, history ...
Thorpe, Lesbia, b. 1919
Thorpe was best known for her woodcuts and colour prints for which she won many prizes.