Biographies Michael BELL Maitland 1959
STUDIES: NCAE 1978-81. APPOINTMENTS: Teaching Hunter Institute of Tech 1984-94 & 1999-2003, Goulburn TAFE 199698. AWARDS: Maitland 1980, 1981, 2000 & 2002; Newcastle Uni 1993
Charles BLACKMAN OBE Sydney 1928
STUDIES: East Sydney Tech 1943-46. APPOINTMENTS: Press artist, Sydney Sun 1945; vice president, Contemporary Art Society 1954. AWARDS: Rowney Prize, Melbourne 1959; Crouch Prize, Ballarat 1960; Helena Rubenstein scholarship, Melbourne 1960; Dyson endowment award 1960; Twenty Nations exhibition, Saigon 1962; occupancy Australian studio, Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris; OBE & Queens Jubilee Medal 1977.
John COBURN AM Ingham 1925
STUDIES: East Sydney Tech 1947-50. APPOINTMENTS: Graphic designer, ABC 1956-59; teaching, East Sydney Tech 1959-67; head, Canberra Tech Art School 1967-69; tapestry designer, Aubusson Paris 1969-72; head, East Sydney Tech 1972-74; trustee, AGNSW 1976-80. AWARDS: Bathurst 1959; Blake Prizes 1960 & 1977; Tamworth 1962; Young 1963; Darcy Morris Memorial 1963; Maitland 1966; AM 1980; honorary doctorate, James Cook 1991.
Ray CROOKE AM Melbourne 1922
STUDIES: Swinbourne 1946-48. APPOINTMENTS: Official war artist, Vietnam 1966. AWARDS: Archibald Prize 1969.
Robert DICKERSON Sydney 1924
APPOINTMENTS: Professional boxer 1940-44. AWARDS: Clint Prize 1954; Darcy Morris Memorial 1958; Tumut 1959; RAS NSW 1965; Mirror-Waratah prize 1966; Gold Coast 1974; DDB Needham Prize 1990.
Sir William DOBELL
Newcastle 1899 – 1970 Lake Macquarie STUDIES: Apprentice architect, Newcastle 1916-24; Julian Ashton, Sydney 1924-29; Slade School, London 193031; The Hague Holland 1930; Europe & London 1931-39.
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APPOINTMENTS: Official war artist, WW2; teacher, East Sydney Tech c.1940. AWARDS: Society of Artists Travelling Scholarship 1929; State Theatre Art Quest 1929; Archibald Prizes 1943, 1948 & 1959; Wynne Prize 1948; Australian Women’s Weekly portrait prize 1957; Britannica Australia award 1964; knighted 1966.
Shay DOCKING
Warrnambool 1928 – 1998 Sydney STUDIES: Swinburne Tech, 1947-50; NGV School 1954-55. AWARDS Maitland 1959; Gold Coast 1979; Newcastle 1986.
Brian DUNLOP Sydney 1938
STUDIES: East Sydney Tech 1954-59; southern Europe 1960; Europe & UK 1963-68; Italy 1981-83. APPOINTMENTS: Teaching, incl. East Sydney Tech, UNSW, NAS 1968-1980s; artist in residence, Uni of Melbourne 1980-81. AWARDS: Le Gay Brereton Prize AGNSW 1958; Hamilton 1976; Canberra 1976 & 77; Coffs Harbour 1977; Gold Coast 1977; Mornington 1977; Lillian Pederson Prize QAG 1978; John McCaughey Prize AGNSW 1978; Sulman Prize 1980.
Neil EMMERSON Melbourne 1956
STUDIES: Warrnambool IAE 1975-77; Newcastle CAE 1982-83 & 1985; City Art Institute 1984 & 1994; SCA 2001. APPOINTMENTS: Tutoring Dareton College 1980-81, Newcastle Community Art Centre 1983, NCAE 1985, APW 1988-89; printmaker APW 198889, Print Council Aust 1988-89; lecturing Uni Melb 1988-89, RMIT 1990 & 1992-94, UNE 1991, La Trobe 1994, SCA 1995-98 & 1999, COFA 1999, Aust Catholic Uni 2000-02; committees Gertrude Street 1988, Print Council 1990, SCA 1995-98. AWARDS: Maitland 1983 & 1986; VACB grant 1992, 1997 & 1999; NAVA grant 1994; Uni Sydney Award 1998; NSW Ministry program 1999.
Dale FRANK Singleton 1959
AWARDS: Maitland 1975; Red Cross Prize 1975; Muswellbrook 1982; Phillip Morris Grant 1988; Geelong 1999.
Hector GILLILAND OAM
Launceston 1911 – 2002 Sydney STUDIES: East Sydney Tech 1935-40; Canberra Uni 1946-48; Europe 1953-54. APPOINTMENTS: Teacher, Canberra Tech 1948-52, NGV 1958, UNSW 1959-77, East Sydney Tech 1970-74.
