Vaughan Griffin b. 1903

Also known as Murray Griffin, Vaughan Murray Griffin
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter)
Griffin spent three and a half years as a POW in Changi, recording his experiences in a series of drawings exhibited on his return. He later became known for his colour prints of birds and animals.

Citations

  • Bunbury, Alisa (1998), 'The Graphic Journey Murray Griffin Linocuts’, MA thesis, University of Melbourne (includes catalogue raisonné of his prints).

  • McCulloch, Alan (1984), 'Encyclopedia of Australian Art’, Melbourne, Victoria (2nd edn).

  • (14 April 1989), 'Special P.O.W. issue’, Journal of the Australian War Memorial, cover & p.6.

  • (2001), 'Early Australian Painters’, Carlton, Victoria: Bridget McDonnell Gallery catalogue of exhibition, 25 May-15 June, cats 42, 43.

  • MacDonald, John (2000), 'Federation’, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.

  • Hansen, David (1988), 'The face of Australia: the land & the people, the past & the present’, Sydney, New South Wales: Fine Arts Press.

  • Bunbury, Alisa (2001), 'Murray Griffin: Paintings and Prints’, Castlemaine Art Gallery & Historical Museum.

See also

  • 'two self-portraits 1932, black and white linocuts, one full face (p.c. sole copy known) and the other three-quarter face (in several collections)'.

Initial data sources

  • Black and white artists