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Australian official war artists, 1916–1918 by George Coates, 1920. Oil on canvas, 124.2 x 104.5 cm. The group portrait presents, left to right: front — George Bell; standing — John Longstaff, Charles Bryant, George Washington Lambert, A. Henry Fullwood, James Quinn, H. Septimus Power, Arthur Streeton; and seated back — Will Dyson, Fred Leist.
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Crozier (centre) at Imbros. Francis Rossiter Crozier (c. July 1883 – 22 October 1948) was a war records artist who is represented in the Australian War Memorial's art collection along with other Australian official war artists such as H. Septimus Power, Arthur Streeton, George Washington Lambert and Ivor Hele.
The Australian tradition of "official war artists" started with the First World War. Artists were granted permission to accompany the Australian Imperial Force to record the activities of its soldiers. During the Second World War, the Australian War Museum, later called the Australian War Memorial, engaged artists.
In 1941 Cook moved to Australia [7] to teach at the East Sydney Technical College (ESTC, later called the National Art School) until 1949, his employment interrupted by his WW2 camouflage work for the Department of the Interior, then from March 1944, he was official war artist for the Australian Comforts Fund, in Papua New Guinea.
Member Art Committee of the Australian War Memorial; President of Victorian Art Society 1933–1935 [12] Member of the Commonwealth Art Advisory Board; He was awarded the OBE in the New Year's Honours list of 1947. [13] Examples of his work are held by all State and many Regional galleries. [14]
George Frederick Henry Bell OBE (1 December 1878 – 22 October 1966) was an Australian painter and teacher, critic, portraitist, violinist and war artist [1] who contributed significantly to the advancement of the local Modern movement from the 1920s to the 1930s.
Rafty was one of the founding members of the Australian Black and White Artists Club and served as its president; for 23 years he was on the board of directors of the Sydney Journalists Club, where he also held the position of President; he also served the Australian War Correspondents’ Association, and for many years, led the Australian War ...