Charles Blackman, Two Schoolboys and a Bicycle c1940s.
Charles Blackman (1928-1918) Two Schoolboys and a Bike, inks on paper, c1940s, framed and behind glass. Dimensions:
Notes on this work
Charles Blackman produced this cartoon while working on the Sydney Sun newspaper in the early years of his career. the overall condition is very good with random foxing and handling creases.
Provenance: the journalist Murray Hedgcock who bought the work direct from the artist.
Charles Blackman
Charles Blackman OBE (born 12 August 1928 was born in Sydney, left school at 13 and worked as an illustrator with the Sydney Sun newspaper while attending night classes at East Sydney Technical College (1943–46) though he was principally self-taught. He was later awarded an honorary doctorate. He came to notice following his move to Melbourne in the mid-1940s, where he became friends with Joy Hester, John Perceval and Laurence Hope as well as gaining the support of critic and art patron John Reed. His work met critical acclaim through his early Schoolgirl and Alice series, the latter Blackman's conception of Lewis Carroll's most famous character.
In 1959 he was a signatory to the Antipodean Manifesto, a statement protesting against the dominance of abstract expressionism. His work is associated with dreamlike images tinged with mystery and foreboding. In 1960 he and his family lived in London after Blackman won a Helena Rubenstein travelling scholarship, settling in Sydney upon his return five and a half years later. In 1970 he moved to Paris, when awarded the atelier studio in the Cité des Artes.
Blackman won many prizes and distinctions, culminating in a major retrospective in 1993 and being appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to Australian art in 1977.
Charles Blackman (1928-1918) Two Schoolboys and a Bike, inks on paper, c1940s, framed and behind glass. Dimensions:
Notes on this work
Charles Blackman produced this cartoon while working on the Sydney Sun newspaper in the early years of his career. the overall condition is very good with random foxing and handling creases.
Provenance: the journalist Murray Hedgcock who bought the work direct from the artist.
Charles Blackman
Charles Blackman OBE (born 12 August 1928 was born in Sydney, left school at 13 and worked as an illustrator with the Sydney Sun newspaper while attending night classes at East Sydney Technical College (1943–46) though he was principally self-taught. He was later awarded an honorary doctorate. He came to notice following his move to Melbourne in the mid-1940s, where he became friends with Joy Hester, John Perceval and Laurence Hope as well as gaining the support of critic and art patron John Reed. His work met critical acclaim through his early Schoolgirl and Alice series, the latter Blackman's conception of Lewis Carroll's most famous character.
In 1959 he was a signatory to the Antipodean Manifesto, a statement protesting against the dominance of abstract expressionism. His work is associated with dreamlike images tinged with mystery and foreboding. In 1960 he and his family lived in London after Blackman won a Helena Rubenstein travelling scholarship, settling in Sydney upon his return five and a half years later. In 1970 he moved to Paris, when awarded the atelier studio in the Cité des Artes.
Blackman won many prizes and distinctions, culminating in a major retrospective in 1993 and being appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to Australian art in 1977.
Charles Blackman (1928-1918) Two Schoolboys and a Bike, inks on paper, c1940s, framed and behind glass. Dimensions:
Notes on this work
Charles Blackman produced this cartoon while working on the Sydney Sun newspaper in the early years of his career. the overall condition is very good with random foxing and handling creases.
Provenance: the journalist Murray Hedgcock who bought the work direct from the artist.
Charles Blackman
Charles Blackman OBE (born 12 August 1928 was born in Sydney, left school at 13 and worked as an illustrator with the Sydney Sun newspaper while attending night classes at East Sydney Technical College (1943–46) though he was principally self-taught. He was later awarded an honorary doctorate. He came to notice following his move to Melbourne in the mid-1940s, where he became friends with Joy Hester, John Perceval and Laurence Hope as well as gaining the support of critic and art patron John Reed. His work met critical acclaim through his early Schoolgirl and Alice series, the latter Blackman's conception of Lewis Carroll's most famous character.
In 1959 he was a signatory to the Antipodean Manifesto, a statement protesting against the dominance of abstract expressionism. His work is associated with dreamlike images tinged with mystery and foreboding. In 1960 he and his family lived in London after Blackman won a Helena Rubenstein travelling scholarship, settling in Sydney upon his return five and a half years later. In 1970 he moved to Paris, when awarded the atelier studio in the Cité des Artes.
Blackman won many prizes and distinctions, culminating in a major retrospective in 1993 and being appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to Australian art in 1977.