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Greg John is a prolific sculptor who has exhibited from the late 1970’s through out Australia, UK, USA, and in many other countries.
He has won numerous awards and commissions, and is represented in countless collections in Australia and abroad.
He is a past member of the New York Sculptors̵… Read More “Greg John (Australian 1953-) (Sculptor)”
Norman Lindsay achieved the mantle of one of Australia’s most significant artists of his generation, he was born in Creswick, Victoria, the son of Irish Surgeon Robert Charles William Alexander Lindsay (1843–1915) and Jane Elizabeth Lindsay (1848–1932).
His grandfather Re… Read More “Norman Lindsay (Australia 1879-1969) Artist Biography”
Charles was born in Germany 1934; he has been recognized for the development of his own unique style; he studied with other accomplished artists specializing in landscapes and harbour vista’s whilst in Europe.
Arriving in Australia in 1957, Charles travelled and painted the Austr… Read More “Charles Bock (Germany/Australia 1934-)”
Bill was born in Cape Town, South Africa and came to Australia aged four and settled for some years at Timboon in the Western District of Victoria. He attended Brighton Grammar School and as well as the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.
A self-taught artist, selling his first p… Read More “William ‘Bill’ Beavan (South African/Australian 1944-2005) Biography”
Pwerle is recognised as a leading Australian indigenous artist from the younger generation of Anmatyerre artists in the Utopia region of the Northern Territory.
Pwerle pedigree comes from a family of well-listed and respected artists, including her mother Barbara Weir and grandmother … Read More “Charmaine Pwerle (Australian Aboriginal 1975) Biography”
Jane Sutherland was an Australian impressionist artist, landscape painter, and teacher who was part of the burgeoning late nineteenth-century Australian “Plein-air” movement.
She significantly influenced professional and amateur women artists who followed her ground-breaki… Read More “Jane Sutherland (1853 – 1928) Biography”
John Giles was born in South Australia in 1884, and studied under Will Ashton in Adelaide and J S Watkins in Sydney.
Giles’ life and career can be summed up by his best artworks, generally natural impressionist compositions, dabbing colour to create form, and set against the varied Seaside Vist… Read More “John Giles (Australian 1884-1970) Biography”
On the corner of High Street and Glenferrie Roads in Malvern stands The Sun & the Moon Sculpture, by Melbourne avant-garde artist Paul Juraszek.
It consists of two prominent figures, a male and female, respectively, with their heads towards each other engaged in symbolic posturing.
The… Read More “Stonnington City Sculpture “The Sun And The Moon”.”
Introduction
Charles Conder was a talented artist and critical contributor to the Heidelberg School Movement.
Conder was born in 1868 in London, the son of a civil engineer, and a direct descendant of Louis François Roubiliac, the 18th century sculptor, Conder was sent in 1884 to Sydney, Australia, age… Read More “Charles Conder (1868-1909) Biography”
Introduction
Frederick McCubbin 1855-1917 artist-teacher and member of the Heidelberg School Movement, which consisted of a group of landscape painters including Charles Conder, Arthur Streeton and Tom Roberts.
McCubbin is considered one of the most influential artists in Australia due to his use of … Read More “Frederick McCubbin (1855-1917) Biography”