Grahame King
Grahame King (born February 23, 1915 in Melbourne , Australia ; † October 11, 2008 ibid) was an Australian graphic artist and teacher who significantly influenced color photography on lithographs and color development in the printing industry in Australia in the 1930s . Grahame King taught graphic techniques at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology from 1966 to 1988. He was awarded the Order of Australia in 1991 for his achievements .
Life and work
King studied at Working men College and the Old National Gallery Art School from 1939 to 1942 and he was then in the Australian Army, where he worked as a graphic artist on operating instructions and written instructions until 1946. In 1945 Grahame became a member of the Victorian Artist Society and became its secretary and exhibition director. He then went to England to the Abbey Arts Center in Hertfordshire , where he dealt with painting. The Australian artists Leonard French , James Gleeson and Robert Klippel were also in this center , as was his future wife, the sculptor Inge King , whom he married in 1950.
In the mid-1960s, Grahame King was the most famous Australian graphic artist and trained graphic artists at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology .
literature
- Sasha Grishin et al .: The art of Grahame King. South Yarra, Victoria, Macmillan Art Publishing 2005. ISBN 9781876832599
Web links
- Graphics by Grahame King
- Jenny Zimmer: Patron saint of printmaking , p. 3, The Age of October 22, 2008
- A Modern Grand Tour - Grahame King's European Drawings, 1947-1949. La Trobe University Art Museum from February 24 to April 10, 2009
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sasha Grishin: Grahame King. Pp. 15-19 (see literature). Retrieved August 13, 2010
- ↑ Sasha Grishin: Grahame King. P. 25 (see literature). Retrieved August 13, 2010
- ^ Print Council of Australian. Retrieved August 13, 2010
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | King, Grahame |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian graphic artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 23, 1915 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Melbourne , Australia |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 11, 2008 |
| Place of death | Melbourne |