Bob Marchant was born in 1938 in Dimboola, in the Wimmera district in Victoria. His experiences from his early years growing up in this farming community are often reflected in the subjects of his paintings which are mainly figurative works … Read more
Mirka Mora was one of Melbourne’s best-known and loved artists. She was a painter, designer, muralist and textile sculptor, and worked in many media, producing paintings, drawings and designs, usually based on fantasy using a folk or naïve and primitive … Read more
Robert Juniper was born in Western Australia in the wheat belt town of Merriden on 7 January 1929. He was known as an artist, art teacher, illustrator, painter, printmaker and sculptor. From 1943 to 1947, Juniper studied commercial art and … Read more
Iris Armour was born on 5 October, 1945. During her art career she worked in several mediums and her work was concerned mainly with tropical images, including nudes, seascapes, landscapes, interiors and flowers. Studies: Studied in New South Wales for … Read more
Sam Fullbrook was born in Sydney on 14 April in 1922. He was known as a lyrical painter of expressionist subjects and portraits. Fullbrook used a variety of mediums, including oil, watercolour and pencil. His poetic and romantic paintings were … Read more
Brett Whiteley was born in Sydney, New South Wales in 1939 and was known as a painter, draughtsman, printmaker and sculptor. Whiteley studied at the Julian Ashton School in Sydney from 1957 to 1959 under Paul Delprat and then in … Read more
Born in Ingham, Queensland in 1925. Painter, teacher, tapestry designer and printmaker. Studies: Served in the Royal Australian Navy for over three years during World War II and after discharge studied at East Sydney Technical College under CRTS 1947-50. He … Read more
Penleigh Boyd was born on 15 August 1890 at Penleigh House at Westbury, Wiltshire in England at his mother’s ancestral home “Penleigh”, during a time when his parents, the renowned Australian artists Arthur Merric Boyd (1862–1940) and Emma Minnie Boyd … Read more
Bill Coleman was born in Ballarat in Victoria in 1922. He was known as a painter and a printmaker. Bill Coleman started painting as a child and was encouraged by his grandfather who was the Curator of the Ballarat Fine … Read more
