Born in Sydney, 1924, was raised in the Depression era. At age 5 Dickerson took up drawing, mostly aeroplanes and warships. At age 14 trained as a boxer to help pay for the day to day expenses as life in general was tough & money was hard to earn, later Dickerson joined the RAAF as a guard, sket… Read More “Robert Henry Dickerson (Australian 1924-2015) AO”
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A$30 million in artwork has gone missing from Italy’s National broadcaster Rai after an artwork believed to be by Ottone Rosai fell off the wall breaking its frame, to reveal that it was, in fact, a fake and after an audit of its collection found 120 artworks&… Read More “A$30 million in artwork Stolen”
John Carey Downton born in Sydney in 1939, John studied at the Royal Art society of NSW under Kenneth Green, Allan Hanson, Arthur Murch, and George Duncan.
He also spent many years Plein Air painting with master artist Leonard Long.
He has exhibited in Sydney, Melbourne and provincial centres since 19… Read More “John Carey Downton (Australia 1939-)”