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Fry, Ella J. Osborn, b. 1916
Ella Fry was painter, teacher, printmaker and pianist whose prints had a dark, almost surrealist quality reflecting the uncertain times in which she lived. She ...
Gall, Ian, b. 1904
Prolific mid 20th century Brisbane cartoonist, painter, illustrator and journalist.
Gibbs, Cyril, b. 1906
Cyril Gibbs was an accomplished watercolourist who produced a substantial output over his lifetime but his contribution to arts administration in Brisbane was probably as ...
Grant, Gwendolyn, b. 1877
She embraced no radical modernist philosophy; her belief in the virtues of restraint, knowledge, study and, indeed, the moral significance and nobility of art, tempered ...
Heimann, Rolf, b. 1940
Late 20th century German born Melbourne cartoonist, puzzle maker and author. In 1974 he protested against French atmospheric nuclear testing by sailing his yacht La ...
Highton, Clothilde, b. 1914
Painter, mural painter, modeller, puppet-maker, theatre and diorama artist. Her dioramas were popular and toured extensively in the UK and Australia during the 1950s.
Hole, Quentin, b. 1923
Quentin Hole was regarded as an artist of early promise in Brisbane during the 1950s but gave up exhibiting his paintings to concentrate on establishing ...
Hortin, Nan, b. 1916
A committed member of the Communist Youth League, Hortin was also a foundation member of the Studio of Realist Art, and while in Sydney was ...
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Jackson, Linda, b. 1950
Linda Jackson is an artist, writer, and painter who has worked in the fashion industry. Jackson was born in Melbourne in 1950.
Jamieson, Gil, b. 1934
Late 20th century painter and cartoonist. He went to Brisbane to study at Central Technical College under Melville Haysom.
Johnson, John Godschall, b. 1912
An artist of diverse media, a world known violin maker and a committed socialist, Johnson was awarded an OAM in 1991 for services to the ...
Leichney, Kathleen, b. 1903
Kathleen Leichney had an extensive career in Queensland in both the visual arts and in music. She painted and exhibited in Brisbane (largely portraits) and ...
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Lymburner, Francis, b. 1916
Brisbane born artist Francis Lymburner first came to prominence as one of the members of Sydney's Charm School in the late 1940s. His subject matter ...
Lynch, Henrietta, b. 1871
Painter, lived at the Royal Bull's Head Inn, Drayton, near Toowoomba, Queensland, Hettie lived there until she married and, apparently, again as a widow (Mrs ...
McClintock, Herbert, b. 1906
Mid 20th century political and surrealist painter, cartoonist, commercial artist and singer.
Moult-Spiers, Raymond Leon , b. 1920
Moult-Spiers began his career with an exhibition of pictures with the “Contemporary Art Society” in 1946. He was a student of art at East Sydney ...
Norrie, Mary, b. 1917
Mary Norrie has been a consistent exhibitior in art prizes throughout Queensland since the late 1950s and was awarded numerous prizes. She was also Queensland's ...
O'Reilly, Maud, b. 1886
Maud O'Reilly was one of L.J. Harvey's students who furthered her skills by studying wheelthrowing and glazing when she visited London in 1925. She made ...
Opala, Rosemary, b. 1923
Late 20th century Queensland cartoonist, botanical illustrator, painter, journalist and short-story writer. Opala became a nurse during WW2, wanting to do 'something useful' and many ...
Paterson, Nan, b. 1923
Nan Paterson is a Queensland artist widely regarded for her portraiture and whose output maintains a strong representational basis that reflects her training.