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Abbott Roberts, Mary Margaret, b. 1916
Mary Abbott Roberts, who also exhibited under her maiden name of Mary Abbott, was born in Quirindi in rural New South Wales and studied in ...
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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.
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Boyd, Arthur, b. 1920
A member of the gifted Boyd family, and grandson of his namesake, the painter Arthur Merric Boyd, Arthur first attended night classes at Melbourne's National ...
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Brack, John, b. 1920
A painter and printmaker, John Brack is considered one of Australia's most significant artists, whose subject matter was resolutely urban, modern life. Brack's extensive body ...
Cooper, George Wilson, b. 1912
Wilson Cooper was a man of many parts but principally an accomplished watercolourist, a proficient cartoonist and animator, a capable sculptor and finally, a respected ...
Dutkiewicz, Wladyslaw, b. 1918
Dutkiewicz was an expressionist, constructivist, abstract and semi-abstract painter and occasional sculptor who was also involved in theatrical design, directing and acting. Dutkiewicz ran theatre ...
Fullarton, Nancy Edith, b. 1913
Mid 20th century Sydney and London painter, children's book illustrator, comic strip artist and ballet costume designer. Creator of Frisky the Rabbit.
Grey-Smith, Helen Dorothy, b.
Successful Western Australian textile artist, designer and painter (and husband of artist Guy Grey-Smith) whose clients included the Perth Council Chambers and the Reserve Bank ...
Hardy, Frank, b. 1917
Controversial mid 20th century Melbourne author, who worked as an illustrator and cartoonist during the Second World War. Hardy produced 'Troppo Tribune', a camp newspaper ...
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 ...
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Kahan, Louis, b. 1905
Louis Kahan was a versatile, multi-talented artist and designer. He served in the French Foreign Legion and worked as a tailor in Paris where he ...
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 ...
McGilchrist, Erica, b. 1926
A painter, illustrator, dancer and teacher - taught painting at Kew Mental Hospital, was significant in the women's movement, and has had over 40 solo ...
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Nolan, Sidney, b. 1917
Sir Sidney Nolan, the son of a Melbourne tram driver, became one of Australia's most celebrated and honoured artists. His Ned Kelly series made him ...
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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 ...
Thorpe, Lesbia, b. 1919
Thorpe was best known for her woodcuts and colour prints for which she won many prizes.
Tuck, Ruth, b. 1914
Prominent South Australian artist particularly in the 1940s, honoured by Flinders University as 'a teacher and a watercolour painter at the forefront of the fight ...