Charles Blackman

For the Church of England priest, see Charles Blackman (priest). For the African-American man hanged in 1889, see Hanging of Charles Blackman.

Charles Blackman
OBE
Born
Charles Raymond Blackman

(1928-08-12)12 August 1928
Sydney, Australia
Died20 August 2018(2018-08-20) (aged 90)
Sydney, Australia
EducationEast Sydney Technical College
OccupationPainter
Known forAlice in Wonderland series
Political partyAntipodeans
Spouse(s)Barbara Patterson
Genevieve de Couvreur
Victoria Bower
Children6

Charles Raymond Blackman OBE (12 August 1928 – 20 August 2018)[1] was an Australian painter, noted for the Schoolgirl, Avonsleigh and Alice in Wonderland series of the 1950s. He was a member of the Antipodeans, a group of Melbourne painters that also included Arthur Boyd, David Boyd, John Brack, Robert Dickerson, John Perceval, and Clifton Pugh. He was married for 27 years to author, essayist, poet, librettist and patron of the arts Barbara Blackman.[2]

  1. ^ Robert Moran (20 August 2018). "Artist Charles Blackman, dead aged 90". Sydney Morning Herald.
  2. ^ Nick Galvin (9 April 2016). "How being blind became a 'gift' for author Barbara Blackman". Sydney Morning Herald.