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Hal missingham biography

          Harold (Hal) Missingham (–), artist and gallery director, was born on 8 December at Claremont, Western Australia, seventh of eight children of....

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          Born in Claremont, Western Australia, Missingham was educated at Perth Boys’ School, and later undertook an apprenticeship to the process engraver J.

          Gibney and Son in 1922.

          A protean artist who made his mark in a myriad of media – printmaking, watercolour, oils, photography and graphic design.

        1. Hal Missingham AO (), best known as a gallery director, was also an artist and photographer.
        2. Harold (Hal) Missingham (–), artist and gallery director, was born on 8 December at Claremont, Western Australia, seventh of eight children of.
        3. Harold "Hal" Missingham AO was an Australian artist, Director of the Art Gallery of New South Wales from to , and president of the Australian Watercolour Institute from to
        4. Born in Claremont, Western Australia, Missingham was educated at Perth Boys' School, and later undertook an apprenticeship to the process engraver J. Gibney.

          5. He studied drawing at Perth Technical School, attended art schools in both Paris (1926) and London (1926–>1932).

          From 1927 to 1928 Missingham worked in Canada as a freelance artist and teacher. Before World War II he studied in Perth, Paris and London, where he became friendly with a number of leading artists and developed an interest in photography.

          He worked at a number of studios in London, was apprenticed for five years to a blockmaker and taught commercial art for six years at the Central School of Arts in London. He returned to Sydney in 1941 and after serving as a Signalman in the Second Australian Imperial Force helped to found the Studio of Realist Art.

          In 1945 he succeeded Will Ashton as the Director of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, a post he retai