David Edgar Strachan
David Edgar Strachan | |
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| Born | 25 June 1919 Salisbury, England |
| Died | 23 November 1970 (aged 51) Yass, New South Wales, Australia |
| Known for | artist (painter), printmaker, teacher |
| Notable work | etchings, lithographs |
David Edgar Strachan (25 June 1919 – 23 November 1970) was an Australian painter, printmaker and teacher.
Strachan was born in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, in 1919 to a doctor in the Australian Army.[1] In 1920 David and his family moved to Adelaide, later moving to Creswick, Victoria. He was educated at Geelong Grammar School, Victoria.[1]
He moved to London in 1936 to study at the Slade School of Fine Art under Randolph Schwabe for two years.[2] In 1937 he attended the Académie de la Grande Chaumière, Paris and worked as a printmaker. He returned to Australia in April 1938 and worked with George Bell in Melbourne for a few years.[2][3]
Strachan moved to Sydney in 1941, and exhibited with many other prominent artists of the Contemporary Art Group.[4] He again left for Europe in 1948 where he began experimenting in etching in Paris.[3]
In May 1960 Strachan returned to Sydney, continuing to exhibit. He was a member of Sydney Printmakers, and taught etching at East Sydney Technical College (1960–1965).[3][5] He was the last president of the Society of Artists, serving in 1965.[3]
Strachan held solo and group shows in London and Paris and appeared in the Paris UNESCO Exposition.[1] He exhibited his prints in numerous Australian galleries between 1961 and 1978.[6]
He won the Wynne Prize in 1961 and 1964.[2][7]
Strachan died on 23 November 1970 from a motorcar accident near Yass, New South Wales.[8]
His works are held in 15 major galleries in Australia[9] and in many European and American galleries.[1]
Notes and references
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- ^ a b c d Barry Pearce, 'Strachan, David Edgar (1919–1970)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, published in hardcopy 2002, accessed online 29 April 2014.
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Works by David Strachan held at the Art Gallery of New South Wales
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- 1919 births
- People from Salisbury
- Wynne Prize winners
- 20th-century Australian male artists
- Road incident deaths in New South Wales
- 1970 deaths
- 20th-century Australian printmakers
- People educated at Geelong Grammar School
- Australian male painters
- British emigrants to Australia
- 20th-century Australian painters
- Australian modern painters
- Artists from Wiltshire