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Pidgeon, William Edwin, b. 1909
Popular mid 20th century Sydney cartoonist, illustrator, painter, sculptor and art critic. Pidgeon won the Archibald Prize three times - in 1958, 1961 and 1969, ...
Piera, Evelyn Mary, b. 1884
Crochet and knitting demonstrator based in the Apollo Bay area in Victoria. A design for The Weekly Times Crochet Book (1924) was used in one ...
Pitt Morison, George, b. 1861
Melbourne-born painter and curator who associated with Arthur Streeton. In 1890 he went to Paris where he studied at the Academie Julian under Lefébvre and ...
Pitts, Lillian, b. 1872
Born in Bairnsdale, Victoria, in 1872, Pitts was a devout Methodist and music fanatic. She supported herself by teaching music, and later oil-painting. She also ...
Plante, Ada, b. 1875
Plante studied at the Académie Julian, Paris, where she lived off little more than biscuits. She later emerged as Modernist, and in 1932 was a ...
Pole, Leon, b. 1871
Federation era painter, muralist and caricaturist. He died in Toronto on 31 December 1951.
Pooley, Grace Hendy
Early 20th century Sydney painter
Porcelli, Pietro Giacomo, b. 1872
Italian-born sculptor who worked in stone, clay, plaster and marble and has a large body of public memorial sculpture to his name.
Potts, Wal, b. 1888
Wal Potts was a proficient exponent of the watercolour medium which was, during the 1930s to the 1950s, favoured by Queensland artists. Potts excelled in ...
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Power, John Joseph Wardell, b. 1881
Painter, author, patron, philanthropist. After World War I he travelled to Europe and studied art where his abstract compositions reflect a life of leisure and ...
Power, Peter, b. 1830
Poynter, Maude, b. 1869
From an artistic family, Maude Poynter eventually made her way to England to study painting and pottery, returning to Australia at the end of the ...
Prain, George
Early 20th century New Zealand Bulletin cartoonist.
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Preston, Margaret, b. 1875
Margaret Preston specialised in still life subjects, seeking to reinvent the genre, with inspiration from Aboriginal art and Australian native flowers, but she also made ...
Price, Jane, b. 1860
Jane Price was known as a painter and poet. She was associated with the Heidelberg school.
Prideaux, Fred J.
She exhibited with the West Australian Society of Arts but was not a member.
Priestner, Wilfred, b. 1871
Wrought-iron craftsman and engineer. After he died in 1961, his family gave his old workshop as a museum to the City of Nedlands.
Prior, Samuel Henry, b. 1869
Early 20th century Bulletin editor and journalist
Pritchard, J.W.
Exhibited watercolours of subjects in Scotland and Victoria with the West Australian Society of Arts.
Proctor, Thea, b. 1879
A well known and well loved Australian artist, Thea Proctor was prolific both as an artist and designer. A prominent figure in the art scene ...