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Robert Taylor was an engineer like his father and was an apprentice at General Motors Holden, where he became a sort of “artist in residence” during the happenings within the plant.
He managed local rock groups and organised concerts and cabarets in the 60s, finding himself involved with … Read More “Robert Taylor (Adelaide, Australia)”
Clifton was an Australian artist and three-time winner of Australia’s Archibald Prize for Rupert Henderson (1965), Sir John McEwen (1971) and Gough Whitlam (1972).
He was strongly influenced by German Expressionism and was known for his landscapes and portraiture. Some of his portrait subjects ranged… Read More “Clifton Ernest Pugh AO (Australian 1924-1990)”
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”
Born July 1921 in Adelaide, Frank Jeffrey Edson Smart AO, was the son of Francis Isaac Smart, a real estate agent and Emmeline Mildred and half-brother to his father’s daughter from his first marriage.
When he was four years old, Jeffrey first travelled to Europe, but after the great depression… Read More “Artist Biography – Jeffrey Smart”
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”
Born in Kew, 1878, George Fredrick Henry Bell was the son of George Bell and his wife, Clara Barlow.
George Bell was educated at Kew High School, and although Bell’s father expected him to study law, this did not stop his father from supporting his artistic ambitions, including paying for Bell’s tuit… Read More “George Bell (Australia 1878-1966) 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”
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Born February 1912 in Bognor Regis, Sussex, England, Drysdale moved to Melbourne with his family in 1923.
He was educated at Geelong Grammar School, and in his last year there in 1929, it was discovered that Drysdale had a detached retina in his left eye.
His damaged eye resulted in him doing eye exer… Read More “Sir Russell Drysdale biography”