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Aarons, Anita, b. 1912
Anita Aarons had a diverse career working as a jeweller, sculptor, art administrator, radio commentator, teacher and art editor for an architecture publication, while living ...
Barker, Caroline, b. 1894
Caroline Barker had a long career in Brisbane as an artist and teacher and for many years, especially after the death of Vida Lahey, was ...
Archer, Florence, b. 1888
Florence Archer was one of the most accomplished potters of the second generation of the Harvey School. She studied pottery under Alice Bott for a ...
Barker, Agnes Frances Amelia, b. 1907
A talented artist in multiple media, Agnes Barker went on to become well-known as a television personality who demonstrated craftmaking techniques and activities in the ...
Gibbs, Cyril, b. 1906
Cyril Gibbs was an accomplished watercolourist who produced a substantial output over his lifetime but his contribution to arts administration in Brisbane was probably as ...
Grant, Gwendolyn, b. 1877
She embraced no radical modernist philosophy; her belief in the virtues of restraint, knowledge, study and, indeed, the moral significance and nobility of art, tempered ...
Harrison, Henry Bromilow, b. 1878
Early 20th century Brisbane and Melbourne painter and cartoonist. Harrison showed his work with Queensland Art Society, (Brisbane).
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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.
Lancaster, Charles, b. 1886
Charles Lancaster was significant figure in Brisbane art through his service of the committee of the Royal/Queensland Art Society and the Queensland National Art Gallery. ...
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Macqueen, Kenneth, b. 1897
A trustee of the Queensland Art Gallery, Macqueen studied art in London after serving with the Australian Imperial Forces during World War One. On returning ...
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Field, Margaret Ann, b. 1842
A painter and embroiderer who dedicated much of her life to the development of a new form of crocheted lace. An amateur astronomer, she wrote ...
Kuhn, Maria
Kuhn joined the WAAF and served in New Guinea, making many studies there of soldiers in action; afterwards she recreated these in plaster in her ...
McClintock, Herbert, b. 1906
Mid 20th century political and surrealist painter, cartoonist, commercial artist and singer.
Horseman, Mollie, b. 1911
Mid 20th century painter, illustrator and cartoonist. Probably the most prolific female cartoonist of her generation, Horseman was almost certainly the most visible. Never out ...
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Dyring, Moya, b. 1909
A painter, working primarily in Brisbane and Paris. A reference has been made to her work as a muralist with Sam Atyeo in Melbourne.
Muntz, Josephine, b. 1862
Painter, residing in Melbourne, she diverged from standard patterns of taste in her use of a sombre palette and free, expressive brushwork. She exhibited internationally, ...
Buzacott, Nutter, b. 1905
Buzacott was a printmaker, commercial artist (graphic designer), political illustrator, painter and teacher. A mural by Buzacott is also known. He travelled widely in Australia ...
Ashworth, Olive, b. 1915
Commercial artist, textile designer and photographer. Ashworth is best known for her textile designs that were based on sketches and photographs of the Great Barrier ...
Perry, Adelaide, b. 1891
Painter, printmaker and art teacher with her own studios and art schools in Sydney. Perry also studied, worked and exhibited in London and Paris. Her ...