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Title

Native cabbage tree, palm lily or grass palm (Cordyline australis)

1953

Artist

Hal Missingham

Australia

08 Dec 1906 – 07 Apr 1994

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  • Details

    Date
    1953
    Media category
    Watercolour
    Materials used
    pen and black ink, watercolour
    Dimensions
    53.3 x 34.3 cm sight
    Signature & date

    Signed and dated l.r., "Missingham 53".

    Credit
    Gift of Roslyn Poignant 2006
    Location
    Not on display
    Accession number
    294.2006
    Copyright
    © Hal Missingham Estate
    Artist information
    Hal Missingham

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  • About

    Born in Perth, Western Australia, Hal Missingham studied under James WR Linton in Perth and later in London under Bernard Meninsky at the Central School. He returned to Australia in 1941. After the war, he was a foundation member of SORA (Studio of Realist Art) in Sydney before succeeding Will Ashton as Director of the AGNSW in 1945.

    © Australian Art Department, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2006

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