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Richmond, Oliffe, b. 1919
Robert Oliffe Gage (Oliffe) Richmond was a sculptor. He was born in 1919 and died in 1977.
Ricketts, William, b. 1898
William Ricketts is well-known for his handmodelled ceramic sculptures and vessels with modelled heads and figures of Aboriginals. He valued the spirituality of the Aboriginal ...
Ridgeway,
Bulletin cartoonist, 1930s.
Ridley, Marjorie Alice, b. 1897
Painter and basket-weaver. Charles Hamilton wrote of her 1939 exhibition work, "A most interesting exhibit of articles made from Guildford grass by Miss M. A ...
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Rigby, John, b. 1922
Brisbane based painter and cartoonist.
Rigge, Rebecca
Australia has a design tradition of stain glass windows in its cathedrals and churches. In particular, during the 1920s and 1930s, Rebecca Rigge designed many ...
Rischbieth, Bessie Mabel, b. 1874
An early activist for womens' rights, a theosophist and life long feminist, Bessie Mabel Rischbieth was a well known figure in Perth. Her early training ...
Rix Nicholas, Hilda, b. 1884
Painter born in Ballarat in 1884 who studied in Melbourne London and Paris. Her European and Moroccan works were met with critical acclaim in Australia, ...
Roberts, Tom, b. 1856
One of Australia's most iconic painters, Tom Roberts was an early champion of plein-air painting and together with Frederick McCubbin, Roberts helped establish the famous ...
Roberts, Hera, b. 1892
A flamboyantly stylish and well known designer working in the bold modernist style of the 1920s and 1930s. Very much part of the Sydney social ...
Roberts, Gladys
Robertshaw, Freda Rhoda, b. 1916
Painter of neoclassical figure paintings and landscapes, Robertshaw knew lean times as a commercial artist, exhibited with the Society of Artists, the Royal Art Society ...
Robertson, Colin
Cartoonist and caricaturist. Robertson apparently drew for the Bulletin in the 1930s and for Frank Johnson publications at Sydney in the 1940s.
Robey, Elinor Josephine, b. 1885
Linor, as she was known, was a women of upright nature, and a passion for history. Born of a Quaker family, she studied both in ...
Robinson, Dora
China painter associated with the West Australian Society of Art.
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Rodway, Florence Aline, b. 1881
Florence Aline Rodway had a splendid career as a portraitist but preferred to do more complex compositions with figures. Together with artists such as Thea ...
Rolland, Norma Maria, b. 1906
Embroiderer and weaver, Rolland set up a studio in Western Australian where she wove tweeds, lampshades, bright-coloured woollen knee-rugs, vividly coloured linen tablemats, guest towels ...
Roseby, Joyce, b. 1917
Mid 20th century illustrator and commercial artist.
Rosenstengel, Paula, b. 1920
Paula Rosenstengel had an artistic upbringing but her production of works on paper did not extend much beyond the 1940s, however, she experimented with weaving ...
Rosenstengel, Edmund, b. 1887
Rosenstengel is the principal of Rosenstengel Brisbane, a designer and maker of domestic furniture. He began his career at Rosenstengel & Kleimeyer, Toowoomba QLD, later ...