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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)”
Born in 1944 Maxwell Wilks started his studies in drawing at the National Gallery School in Victoria under John Brack and Ian Armstrong.
He also studied at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in commercial design and oil painting with artist Shirley Bourne.
His first exhibition was in 1967 and… Read More “Maxwell Wilks (Australian 1944-) Biography”
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”