Ivor Hele

Sir
Ivor Hele
CBE
Hele (2nd from left) and friends in Bavaria c. 1928
Born13 June 1912
Edwardstown, South Australia
Died1 December 1993(1993-12-01) (aged 81)
Bedford Park, South Australia
NationalityAustralian
EducationWestbourne Park Primary School
Prince Alfred College
Known forLandscape and Portrait painting
AwardsArchibald Prize: 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1957
Melrose Prize: 1935, 1936, 1939

Sir Ivor Henry Thomas Hele, CBE (13 June 1912 – 1 December 1993)[1] was an Australian artist noted for portraiture. He was Australia's longest serving war artist[2] and completed more commissioned works than any other in the history of Australian art.

  1. ^ "Hele, Sir Ivor Henry (1912–1993)". Biography Sir Ivor Henry Hele (1912–1993). National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 8 April 2022. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  2. ^ "Ivor Hele – the heroic figure". Australian War Memorial. Retrieved 2 December 2015.