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Quelhurst, Betty, b. 1919
Betty Quelhurst was a painter. She served in the Air Force for four years during World War Two. Having saved for years she was able ...
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Raft, Emanuel, b. 1938
The Egyptian born Emanuel Raft brought a cosmopolitan perspecive to the way he approached painting, sculpture and design. He was also a teacher and mentor ...
Rafty, Tony, b. 1915
Caricaturist, cartoonist, illustrator, journalist and cartoon historian. Rafty joined the Sun Associated Newspapers group in 1940 but enlisted in the AIF in 1941.
Redpath, Norma, b. 1928
Norma Redpath was a leading sculptor of the generation who emerged after World War II. Her success was even more remarkable as her career was ...
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Rigby, John, b. 1922
Brisbane based painter and cartoonist.
Robertson, Barbara
Painter, working in Adelaide since the 1940s. While discussing 'In Context: Australian Women Modernists' Bruce James singled out Barbara Robertson and Erica McGilchrist.
Rogers, Ray, b. 1935
Ray Rogers made a significant contribution to the ceramics medium in both New Zealand and Australia and was especially noted for introducing the pit-firing technique ...
Ross, S. John, b. 1919
With a career lasting sixty years, US born S. John Ross was one of the last silhouette artists working in Australia.
Russell, Jim, b. 1909
Prolific cartoonist: took over 'The Potts' from Stan Cross; created "Uncle Dick". In 1924 Jim Russell was one of the founders of the original Black ...
Russell, Arthur Clarence, b. 1927
Russell studied at East Sydney Technical School under Godfrey Miller, John Passmore and Ralph Balson. He won the Rupert Boan Landscape Prize in 1961 and ...
Scheding, Stephen
Contemporary Sydney cartoonist, writer and art dealer.
Schlicht, Rollin, b. 1937
Rollin Schicht was a painter and an architect, who was active in the Central Street Gallery in the late 1960s.
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Sharp, Martin, b. 1942
Late 20th century Sydney artist. Sharp's 1964 cartoon "The Word Spread Round the Arms", published in "Oz" was seen to breach the Obscene and Indecent ...
Sheridan, Noel, b. 1936
Painter, post-object artist, always encouraging new ideas, Noel Sheridan had a major impact on art and ideas in Adelaide and Perth as well as his ...
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Smart, Jeffrey, b. 1921
With a career lasting over sixty years the Adelaide born artist Jeffrey Smart was an expatriate realist painter best known for his depiction of isolated ...
Spencer, Bill, b. 1919
In one life Bill Spencer was the Art Gallery of New South Wales attendant who led the fight against asbestos in the gallery building in ...
Sprod, George Napier, b. 1919
Popular Adelaide born, mid 20th century Sydney and London based cartoonist and writer. From his early cartoons to cheer his fellow POWs at Changi, Sprod ...
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Stavrianos, Wendy, b. 1941
Painter and printmaker, had a retrospective at the Australian National University, Drill Hall Gallery in 1997.
Stringer, John, b. 1937
John Stringer was the innovative exhibition officer at the National Gallery of Victoria who was the guiding spirit behind The Field of 1968. Later he ...
Strizic, Mark, b. 1928
Mark Strizic is one of the remarkable generation of photographers who migrated to Australia in the years after World War II.