biography
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| male
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| lived:
| (1912–81)
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| biography:
| Painter, born in Bognor Regis, West Sussex, S England, UK. His family settled in Melbourne in 1923, and he studied at the George Bell Art School, Melbourne, in London, and in Paris, where he was influenced by Surrealism. His powerful scenes of the outback were a major contribution to modern art in Australia. He was knighted in 1969, and became a Companion of the Order of Australia in 1980. |
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