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. 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.

AWARDS: Yorick Club 1955; Bathurst 1955, 1957 & 1960; Perth 1956; Maude Vizard-Wholohan prize 1958; Rockdale 1958; Albury 1960 & 1962; Mirror-Waratah prizes 1961 & 1964; Ballarat 1961; Leeton 1962; Grenfell 1962; Young 1962; Grace Prize 1963; Tumut 1963; Berrima 1963 & 1964; Grafton 1963 & 1965; RAgSNSW 1964; Wellington 1964; Maitland 1965 & 1969; VACB exhibition grants 1975 & 1977.

James GLEESON AO

Sydney 1915 STUDIES: East Sydney Tech 1931-36; Sydney Teachers College 1937-38; Europe & UK 1947-49; Europe 1958-59; USA 1959. APPOINTMENTS: Lecturing Sydney Teachers College 1945-46; art critic Sydney Sun 1949-72, Sun-Herald 1962-74; lecturing Orient Line Exhibitions 1956 & 1964-67; director Sir William Dobell Art Foundation 1971-94; judging panel 11th Bienale de Sao Paolo, 1971; commissioner 12th Bienale de Sao Paolo, 1972; deputy chair VACB 1973-76; chair acquisitions & council NGA 1976-82; visiting curator NGA 1975; foundation member International Association of Art Critics. AWARDS: CAS prize 1941; AM 1975; honorary doctorate, Macquarie 1989; AO 1990.

Newton HEDSTROM

Sydney 1914 STUDIES: NAS 1932-34; J.S Watkins School 1934-35; RMIT 1943-45; travel studies UK, Europe, 1976, 80, 83. AWARDS: Mosman 1948; Manly 1969 & 1970; Caltex Prize 1971; Sydney art society prizes 1975, 1978 & 1985; Mercantile Credits Competition 1985.

Sali HERMAN CMG OBE

Zurich Switzerland 1898 – 1993 Sydney STUDIES: Zurich Tech 1914-16; Paris 1920-23; George Bell 1937. APPOINTMENTS: Official war artist 1945-46. AWARDS: Wynne Prizes 1944, 1962 & 1965; Sulman Prizes 1946 & 1948; Bendigo 1948 & 1949; Geelong 1948; Brisbane 1958; Maitland 1959, 1960 & 1962; Wagga Wagga 1958; McCaughey prize 1959; Tumut 1959; Newcastle 1962; RAgSNSW 1964; OBE 1971; CMG 1982.

Sir Hans HEYSEN OBE

Hamburg Germany 1877 – 1968 Hahndorf STUDIES: Norwood Art School; Adelaide School of Design; Academie des Beaux-Arts, Paris 1899-1903. APPOINTMENTS: Trustee AGSA 1940-68. AWARDS: Wynne Prizes 1904, 1909, 1911, 1920, 1922, 1924, 1926, 1931, 1932; Crouch prize 1931; Vizard-Wholohan prize 1957; OBE 1954; knighted 1959.

Col JORDAN

Sydney 1935 STUDIES: Balmain Teachers College 1954-55; Sydney 195762. APPOINTMENTS: Teaching, NSW D Ed 1960s; lecturing Wollongong Inst Education 1970-74, NAS 1975-82; dean & ass dir, City Art Institute 1982-89; professor COFA 1991-94. AWARDS: Wollongong 1965 & 1973; Brisbane 1966; Royal Art Society prizes 1967 & 1969; Maitland 1968; Muswellbrook 1968; TAA Australian prize 1970; Gold Coast 1971; Flotta Lauro travelling scholarship 1971.

Michael KMIT

Stryj Ukraine 1910 – 1981 Sydney STUDIES Academy of Fine Arts, Krakow. APPOINTMENTS: teaching in Lvov, Poland, and Landeck, Austria after WW2. AWARDS: Blake Prize 1953; Perth 1954; Critics Prize 1955; Darcy Morris prize 1956; Sulman Prizes 1957 & 70; Melrose 1967.

Louis KAHAN AO

Vienna Austria 1905 – 2002 Melbourne STUDIES: Academie Colarossi, Paris 1946; Paris & London 195458. APPOINTMENTS: French Foreign Legion 1939; war artist 1942-45; artist Le Figaro 1946; Perth 1947-50; artist Meanjin. AWARDS: Albury 1953; Mosman 1959; Archibald Prize 1962; RNAgQ 1964, 1966 & 1967; Bendigo 1965; Kinsella 1976; Worland 1976; Caulfield 1980; Drummoyne 1993; AO 1993.

Tim LEURA TJAPALTJARRI

Napperby 1939 – 1984 Papunya STUDIES: Ceremonial training. APPOINTMENTS: Stockman, NT.

John MARTIN

Sydney 1942 STUDIES: NAS 1960-61; Europe & UK 1972-74. APPOINTMENTS: Lecturing, Newcastle CAE 1974-1980, UNSW 1981-91, University of Wollongong 1986-87, University of Newcastle 2001; Mayor of Maitland City 1994-97. AWARDS: Maitland 1976 & 1986.

John MORRIS

Newcastle 1954 STUDIES: Newcastle CAE 1971-76, Uni Newcastle 1988-89. APPOINTMENTS: Teaching, Hunter Institute of Tech 1988-2003. AWARDS: Maitland 1992; Newcastle 1995 & 1996

Sir Sidney NOLAN AC CBE

Melbourne 1917 – 1992 London England STUDIES: Prahran Tech 1932; NGV school 1934 & 1936; Atelier 17, Paris; SW Hayter 1957-58. APPOINTMENTS: Advisor, Venice Bienale 1954. AWARDS: Dunlop prize 1950; Italian Government scholarship 1956; Harkness Fellowship1958-60; ANU fellowship 1965; Britannica Australia award 1969; CBE 1963; Knight Bachelor 1981.

Margaret OLLEY AO

Kyogle 1923 STUDIES: Brisbane City Tech; East Sydney Tech 1945; La Grande Chaumiere, Paris 1949; Papua New Guinea 1966-68,

SE Asia 1969; USA & Europe 1980-89. AWARDS: Mosman 1947; Lismore 1958; Redcliffe 1962, 1963 & 1965; Helena Rubenstein Portrait Prize 1962; Finney Prize 1963; Johnsonian Club Prize 1964; Toowoomba 1965; Bendigo 1965; Aberdare 1986; AM 1991; honorary doctorate, Macquarie 1991; life governor, AGNSW 1992.

John OLSEN AO OBE

Newcastle 1928 STUDIES: Julian Ashton; Orban School 1950-56; SW Hayter, Paris 1957-60; Spain 1965-67; UK, Europe & USA 1983. APPOINTMENTS: Lecturing, UNSW 1960-61; principal, Bakery Art School 1967-70; trustee, AGNSW 1977-80. AWARDS: Rockdale 1960; Brisbane 1961; Perth 1961; Sydney 1961; Georges Prize 1963; Launceston 1964; Wynne Prizes 1969 & 1985; OBE 1977; Sulman Prize 1989; Australia Council 5 year fellowship 1993.

Clifton PUGH AO

Melbourne 1924 – 1990 Melbourne STUDIES: NGV School 1947-50. APPOINTMENTS: Soldier, AIF, New Guinea 1943-45 & Japan 1946; member Commonwealth Arts Advisory Board; member Visual Arts Board of the Australia Council 1972; official war artist, ANZAC 75th anniversary, Gallipoli 1989. AWARDS: Vizard-Wholohan Prize 1958; Ballarat 1958; Crouch Prize 1960, RAgSNSW 1965; Archibald Prizes 1965, 1971 & 1972; Caltex Prize 1976; AlburyWodonga 1976; AM 1985.

Lloyd REES AC CMG

Yeronga 1895 – 1988 Sydney STUDIES: Brisbane Tech 1910-16; UK & Europe 1923-24, 1953, 1959, 1966 & 1973; Chelsea Polytechnic, London 1923. APPOINTMENTS: Artist, Ure Smith 1917; lecturing, teaching & dean, Sydney 1946-70; advisor to Felton Bequest; advisor to Bendigo Art Gallery, 1949; president, NSW Society of Artists 1961-65; member, National Advisory Committee for UNESCO & chair, Visual Arts Committee 1964-69. AWARDS: Silver medal, Paris Exposition 1937; Godfrey Rivers Prize 1941; Wynne Prizes 1950 & 1982; Commonwealth Jubilee Prize 1951; Ku-ring-gai 1951; Dunlop Prize 1954, RAgSNSW 1958; Brisbane 1964; honorary doctorates, Sydney 1970 & Tasmania 1984; McCaughey Prizes 1971, 1979 & 1983; CMG 1977; FRAI 1979; Mosman 1981; AC 1985; Jack Manton Prize 1987; Medaille de la Ville de Paris 1987.

Brian ROBERTS

Brighton 1934 STUDIES: Melbourne College of Graphic Arts 1949 – 1956 APPOINTMENTS: Art director & filmmaker London 1956-61, Chicago 1961-73; gallery director Impressions Melbourne 1975-77, Signed Editions Melbourne 1977-79; teaching Baulkham Hills TAFE 1980s, Hawksebury College 1980s, Avondale College 1996. AWARDS: Liverpool 1992; Newcastle 1993 & 1994; RAgNSW 1999; Maitland 2001 & 2003.

Bruce ROWLAND

Sydney 1946 STUDIES: East Sydney Tech 1962-66, University College London 1969-70, Newcastle CAE 1977-78. APPOINTMENTS: teaching, Newcastle Tech 1968-83; head teacher Gymea Tech 198386, Wollongong Tech 1986-87, Newcastle Tech 1987-92, Hunter Institute Tech 1992-95 & 1997-2003; acting director Hunter Institute Tech 1996-97. AWARDS: Raymond Terrace 1971 & 2000.

Joshua SMITH

Sydney 1905 STUDIES: East Sydney Tech 1927; Julian Ashton 192931. APPOINTMENTS: Camouflage artist, WW2. AWARDS: Archibald Prize 1944; Katoomba 1962.

Lezlie TILLEY

Sydney 1949 STUDIES: NAS, East Sydney Tech 1967; Newcastle School of Art & Design 1973-75 & 1979-80; Newcastle CAE, 1981-83. APPOINTMENTS: Teaching, Hunter Institute of Technology 1986-2003; lecturing, University of Newcastle, 1994-97. AWARDS: NSW Special Art Scholarship 1967; Von Bertouch Prize, 1980; Dattilo Rubbo Prize 1984; Weston 1992; Singleton 1993; Muswellbrook 1993, 1997 & 2000; Newcastle 1994, 1998 & 1999; Maitland 1998 & 2002; Gosford 2003.

Peter TILLEY

Melbourne 1946 STUDIES: Newcastle School Art & Design 1973-75 & 1978-79; Malaysia 1975-77. APPOINTMENTS: RAAF 1963-78. AWARDS: Von Bertouch Prize 1979; Maitland 1992; Newcastle 1992, 1993 & 1998; Port Stephens 1992 & 1993; Stanthorpe 1992; Muswellbrook 1992 & 2000.

Brett WHITELEY AO

Sydney 1939 – 1992 Thirroul STUDIES: Julian Ashton 1957-59. APPOINTMENTS: Commercial artist Lintas Sydney 1956-59AWARDS: Bathurst prize 1956; Italian travelling scholarship 1960; Dyson grant 1961; Commonwealth Art Advisory Board scholarship 1961; Biennale de Paris international prize 1961; Perth 1965; Harkness scholarship 1967; Sir William Angliss Prize 1975; McCaughey Prizes 1975, 1976 & 1977; Archibald Prizes 1976 & 1978; Sulman Prizes 1976 & 1978; Wynne Prizes 1977, 1978 & 1984.