artists

Also known as Vera Merton Hamilton Artist (Painter) Vera Leichney, like many women artists of her generation, specialised in floral still life studies but was a more capable exponent than most and a capable colorist. Source: www.daao.org.au/bio/vera-leichney/biography/

About George Wilson Cooper George Wilson Cooper was born in Combs, Suffolk Uk in 1912 and migrated to Queensland with his family as a child. He studied the art school, Central Technical College, Brisbane, and then worked as a political cartoonist, illustrator, animator, and graphic designer. Hw as a Foundation Member of the Society of Sculptors, Queensland. He exhibited and won prizes in provincial areas of Queensland and Northern New South Wales. Source: www.aasd.com.au/artist/40198-george-wilson-cooper/

James Wieneke (1906-1981) was well-known in Queensland art circles from the 1930s to the 70s, even serving as Director of the Queensland Art Gallery (1967-74). During the Second World War (1939-45), he became a sergeant in the Field Engineers of the Australian Army. He not only saw deadly action in New Guinea and witnessed the Japanese surrender but also drew and wrote about his military life. After the war, Wieneke morally and materially supported William Bolton’s establishment of the Lionel Lindsay Gallery and Library Collection. The wartime artworks in this exhibition are part of that collection. Source: user.tr.qld.gov.au/today/eventdetail/10721/1093/sergeant-... News of the completion of the mural was also featured in the Catholic Leader (10/6/1948), with the author of the article praising the quality of Wieneke's work - "Completion of the mural over the sanctuary of the church at Kangaroo Point marks a decided advance in ecclesiastical art here in Brisbane, and, we hope, will see a departure from the sausage-machine junk that too often passes as "holy"...Mr Wieneke has admirably succeeded, and those who are responsible for the commission deserve the praise and thanks of all who long to see Mother Church once more the patron and inspiration of a living art." Source: www.slq.qld.gov.au/blog/mural-st-josephs-church-kangaroo-...

Kathleen Leichney b. 1903 Also known as Kathleen Coren, Kit Coren Artist (Painter) Kathleen Leichney had an extensive career in Queensland in both the visual arts and in music. She painted and exhibited in Brisbane (largely portraits) and played her violin in amateur orchestras for over forty years. Source: www.daao.org.au/bio/version_history/kathleen-leichney/bio...

Known as C.D., Dorothy Coleman was a successful commercial photographer known for her photographs of society people in Brisbane. An innovative photographer, C.D. was highly sought after for the effects she could achieve in portraiture and dance photography. C.D.'s photography was published widely in newspapers and magazines of the time. She employed and trained a number of women photographers and colorists in her photographic studio. Source: www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE5995b.htm

swallow tattoos each represent 5000 nautical miles travelled at sea.

"Another legend holds that since swallows return to the same location every year to mate and nest, the swallow will guarantee the sailor returns home safely. A sailor would have one swallow tattooed before setting out on a journey, and the second swallow tattooed at the end of their tour of duty, upon return to their home port." "It is also said that if the sailor drowns, the swallows will carry his soul to heaven." More at - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swallow_tattoo

nla.gov.au/nla.obj-469385194/view?sectionId=nla.obj-48307... - Pix, 19th February, 1938