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Plapp, Jon Michael, b. 1938
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Acton, Prue, b. 1943
Prue Acton is a women’s wear designer. She trained at RMIT beginning in 1958. She established a Melbourne showroom in 1963 later moving to the ...
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Pugh, Clifton, b. 1924
Influential mid 20th century Melbourne painter and illustrator
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Pyke, Guelda Esther Leah, b. 1905
Australian ceramist, jewellery and fashion designer who, after visits to Bali and training with George Bell, took up painting in the 1950s and worked in ...
Quelhurst, Betty, b. 1919
Betty Quelhurst was a painter. She served in the Air Force for four years during World War Two. Having saved for years she was able ...
Hughan, Harold Randolph, b. 1893
Although Harold Hughan admired the genius of the Song and T’ang dynasty potters, his own practice as a studio potter was devoted to developing a ...
Hook, Geoffrey Raynor, b. 1928
Late 20th century Hobart and Melbourne newspaper cartoonist, illustrator and children's book author. He writes with his right hand and draws with his left.
Redpath, Norma, b. 1928
Norma Redpath was a leading sculptor of the generation who emerged after World War II. Her success was even more remarkable as her career was ...
Cooper, Revel, b. 1934
Revel Cooper is a key figure in the Carrolup School of Nyungar landscape painting.
Curtis, Robert Emerson, b. 1898
Mid 20th century illustrator and artist. In 1922 Curtis travelled to the USA with his great friend, the pioneer filmmaker, Charles Chauvel. There he developed ...
Jacks, Robert, b. 1943
Robert Jacks is one of the first generation of Australian artists to take nourishment from the post war American artists, rather than looking to Europe. ...
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Kemp, Roger, b. 1908
The Melbourne based Roger Kemp developed his angular abstract paintings and prints in harmony with his deep felt spiritual values. Although he was hailed at ...
Heimann, Rolf, b. 1940
Late 20th century German born Melbourne cartoonist, puzzle maker and author. In 1974 he protested against French atmospheric nuclear testing by sailing his yacht La ...
Field, Florence Roma, b. 1891
An accomplished self-taught embroiderer, Field experimented with different stitches and materials and also mastered traditional European embroidery skills. A lifelong member of the Embroiderers Guild ...
Dalgarno, Roy Frederick Leslie, b. 1910
A diverse artist working primarily with drawing and as a printmaker, Roy Dalgarno had a long and varied career. His work mostly depicts the plight ...
Clarke, Peter Russell, b.
Late 20th century Melbourne cartoonist, illustrator, writer and cook.
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Drysdale, Russell, b. 1912
Russell Drysdale painted some of the iconic landscapes of the Australian outback, and in the 1940s his paintings and drawings enabled city people to see ...
Oldham, John Bramston Russell, b. 1907
Oldham worked as an architect, artist, interior designer and landscape architect. Working for Stephenson & Turner in NSW, he later focussed on landscape architecture, developing ...
Ryan, Rosemary, b. 1926
Atyeo, Sam, b. 1910
In addition to a career in painting after training at the National Gallery School, Melbourne, Atyeo designed interiors, murals, designed and painted furniture for commercial ...