John Banks
Name
John Banks
Other names
Banks, John D.
Culture
Australian
Gender
Male
Birth date
January 1883
Birth place
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia View on map Close map
Death date
28 June 1945
Death Place
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia View on map Close map
Occupations
Artist (painter) | Printmaker
Summary
ship and seascape Worked: Australia (NSW). Etchings
NGA IRN
18248
Context
Australia
Biography
John Banks
Born in Sydney in 1833, John D. Banks studied at the J.J.Watkins School, Sydney, under Harry Garlick. He was an Associate of the Royal Art Society of New South Wales 1923-45. Banks was chiefly a painter of seascapes and ships, only a few etchings being known. Banks died in Sydney or 28 June 1945.
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