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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 ...
Gurney, Alexander George, b. 1902
Popular and prolific mid 20th century newspaper cartoonist. Worked in Hobart, Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide and widely published elsewhere. Creator of 'Bluey and Curley'.
Gilliland, Hector, b. 1911
Influenced by Cézanne, his early watercolours and oils recorded sites around Bathurst, Canberra, Richmond and the pastoral outreaches of Sydney.
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Higgs, Adrienne, b. 1941
Gough, Joan, b. 1918
Gough's cubist study 'The Gardener' was among the first modern works to be exhibited at the Royal Tasmanian Art Society. Always at the forefront of ...
Cato, John Chester, b. 1926
Eldershaw, John, b. 1892
A painter and poster designer who designed 'Historic Tasmania: Port Arthur' for the Tasmanian Government Tourist Bureau in the 1940s.
Kingston, Amie, b. 1908
Mid 20th century painter, printmaker, theatrical designer and art teacher. Textile prints commissioned by Marion Hall Best ca.1942 are known. Amy Kingston worked prolifically in ...
Langoulant, Allan, b.
Late 20th century Perth, Melbourne and Launceston cartoonist and illustrator. Langoulant is a member of the Australian Black and White Artists Club.
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Blakebrough, Les, b. 1930
Renowned ceramicist and ceramics educator, first at Sturt Workshops, later in Hobart, Tasmania. Last studio in Coledale, NSW. Pioneer in Australian porcelain clay, described as ...
Holmes, Edith Lilla, b. 1893
Painter, she spent most of her life in Tasmania, but also exhibited in Melbourne where her work was popular in the 1930 and 1940s.
Koskie, Jack Louis, b. 1914
Koskie was a representational painter and graphic designer. He was the chief designer of the Commonwealth Office of Education (Sydney) Sydney and the Tasmanian Government ...
Marek, Dusan, b. 1926
Painter, film maker and radical Surrealist. Came to Australia as a political refugee in 1948 and through his teaching as well as his art, had ...
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Bellette, Jean Mary, b. 1909
Respected painter and illustrator of the 1940s and '50s and a two-time winner of the Sulman Prize.
Kettle, Louisa Maude, b. 1893
Maude Kettle lived and worked in Tasmania. She began making hooked rugs in the late 1930s and continued until the mid-1970s, mostly in geometric designs.
Mallison, D. E. Mavis
Female sculptor from Tasmania, who taught while studying art, eventually moving to, and exhibiting in Sydney.
Angus, Max, b. 1914
Angus is recognised as both a painter and poster artist, whose travel posters were exhibited in 'Follow the Sun: Australian Travel Posters 1930s-1950s' at the ...
Armstrong, Mick, b. 1903
Prolific mid twentieth century war and political cartoonist and designer. Armstrong contributed to a number of publications including the Argus, the Sydney Sun, Smith's Weekly, ...
Lovett, Mildred Esther, b. 1880
Painter, pastellist, lithographer, sculptor and china painter, born in Hobart Lovett succeeded Sydney Long as Julian Ashton's assistant teacher in Sydney. An influential teacher, her ...
Harrex, David Montague, b. 1929
Late 20th century Hobart painter, graphic artist and art teacher.