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Francis, Iris Duncan, b. 1913
Raised in an artistic family Francis was diverse in her art-making, fearlessly experimenting with techniques and media. Equally diverse in her working life, she combined ...
Huntley, Isabel, b. 1901
Painter and printmaker, taught at Julian Ashton's Sydney Art School, and played an active role in the Sydney Scene during the 1920s and 1930s. In ...
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 ...
Brown, Edith J. Bell, b. 1864
A sketcher of early buildings, drawing teacher, she taught model drawing in Sydney in the early twentieth century. Bell-Brown also painted on china and produced ...
Dickson, David J.
David J. Dickson was a leatherworker. He exhibited with the West Australian Society of Arts in 1927.
Baird, Jack, b. 1902
Mid 20th century painter and cartoonist. Baird was a foundation member of the Society of Australian Black and White Artists, along with 24 other men. ...
Gare, Jack, b. 1874
Glaze specialist who worked on the development of Bendigo Pottery's Langley ware in the 1910s before starting his own pottery in Castlemaine, later working for ...
Ashton, James, b. 1859
Influential Federation era Adelaide painter, illustrator and art teacher. Ashton, the father of painter Will Ashton, is best known for establishing the Academy of Arts, ...
Bancks, James Charles, b. 1889
Popular and influential mid 20th century Sydney and Melbourne cartoonist and illustrator. Bancks is best known as the creator of Ginger Meggs and for a ...
Chesterfield, James, b. 1884
James Chesterfield was a Brisbane-based artist who had been born in France and raised in England. He worked as a sign-writer for a time and ...
Crisp, James Alexander, b. 1879
Early 20th century painter and illustrator and the younger brother of the painter Henry J. Crisp. James Crisp lived alternatively in Sydney and California for ...
Daplyn, Alfred James, b. 1844
Daplyn was an English born painter, art teacher, journalist, and arts administrator. Although his work is little known today, he was an important early advocate ...
Elliott, Frederick James, b. 1864
Frederick James 'Fred' Elliott, 1864-1949, was a prolific watercolour painter and lithographer, active in Sydney from the 1890s to the 1920s, specialising in marine subjects.
Flett, James, b. 1906
A painter and graphic artist whose book of pirates featured the largest colour linocuts produced by an Australian artist at that time. He also produced ...
Goatcher, James, b. 1879
Artist and theatre scene painter and designer who was a member of the Royal Art Society of New South Wales and of the West Australian ...
Jane and Olive Simms
Early 20th century Indigenous Sydney shellworkers. The first recorded commercial sales of shellwork is from the late 1800s. Indigenous women sold their work mainly to ...
Jarret, Dora, b. 1904
Early 20th century Sydney painter, teacher, illustrator, graphic artist and cartoonist.
Booth, Jessica, b. 1885
A painter and acclaimed weaver, Jessica Booth was a member of the NSW Society of Arts and Crafts for over four decades. In the late ...
Jessup, Frank, b. 1884
Mid 20th century Sydney freelance cartoonist and publisher who contributed to publications including the Bulletin, Smith's Weekly and The Comic Australian.