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Rigby, Bay, b.
Cartoonist, 1960s.
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Rigby, John, b. 1922
Brisbane based painter and cartoonist.
Rigby, Paul, b. 1925
Prolific Australian newspaper cartoonist, based in New York during the 1960s and 1970s.
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 ...
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, Barbara
Painter, working in Adelaide since the 1940s. While discussing 'In Context: Australian Women Modernists' Bruce James singled out Barbara Robertson and Erica McGilchrist.
Robertson-Swann, Ron, b. 1941
Robinson, John Harold, b. 1940
Painter, printmaker and teacher.
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Robinson, William, b. 1936
Queensland artist William Robinson's work ranges from whimsical self portraits to sublime landscapes. In recent years he has turned to a more domestic scale, painting ...
Rodriguez, John, b. 1942
The artist John Rodriguez was born in 1942. He made 'Greeting Cards' screenprints.
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 ...
Roggenkamp, Kenneth, b. 1915
Although expressive artist Kenneth Roggenkamp (older brother of the watercolourist Joy Roggenkamp and brother to Cecil (Peter) Roggenkamp ) held very few exhibitions throughout his ...
Roggenkamp, Patricia Joy, b. 1928
Joy Roggenkamp was a significant watercolour artist in Brisbane during the 1960s and 1970s. The vigour and dash of her execution lays claim to a ...
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 ...
Rooney, Elizabeth Ursula, b. 1929
Painter and etcher Elizabeth Ursula Rooney helped set up Joy Ewart's Workshop Art Centre at Willoughby. She studied etching under Herbert Gallop.
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Rooney, Robert, b. 1937
In the 1960s Melbourne artist became well known for his lively hard edge abstract paintings which were based on images discovered on cereal packets. Later ...
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 ...
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.
Rowbothan, Marjory, b. 1923
Daughter of art teacher Walter Rowbotham she won numerous prizes including Albany Art Competition Painting Prize 1973, Drawing Prize 1973, Shire Prize 1975, Shire Prize ...
Rudd, Iris Lorna, b. 1893
Early 20th century Regional Queensland painter, photographer and craftworker. As well as inheriting a strong Protestant work ethic and sense of duty, Iris had initiative ...