Centre for Australian Art

Australian Prints + Printmaking

Charles Blackman

Artist: b'WILLIAMS, Fred' | Title: b'Charles Blackman' | Date: 1958 | Technique: b'etching, aquatint, engraving and flat biting, printed in black ink, from one copper plate' | Copyright: b'\xc2\xa9 Fred Williams Estate'
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Name

Charles Blackman

Culture

Australian

Gender

Male

Birth date

8 December 1928

Birth place

Harbord, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia View on map Close map

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Death date

20 August 2018

Death Place

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia View on map Close map

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Movements

England 1961-66; England, Europe, USA 1968; France 1970-71; Japan 1973; France 1975, 1981; Europe 1985

Occupations

Artist (painter) | Artist (water-colouristist) | Drawer | Printmaker

Summary

Worked: Australia (VIC, QLD, NSW). Etchings, Lithographs, Monotypes, Screenprints

NGA IRN

13416

Context

Australia

Biography

Charles Blackman

Born in Sydney on 8 December 1928, where he studied drawing, Charles Blackman is self-taught as a painter. He moved to Melbourne in 1950 and in 1953 studied lithography at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and produced about 12 lithographs. These are monotypes from c.1957. Since 1967 he has produced series of screenprints, etchings and lithographs, all of which have been commercially editioned.
 

Married to Barbara Blackman
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Last Updated

16 Feb 2023