Harold Brocklebank Herbert | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Harold_Herbert_via_AWM.jpg) Portrait of Harold Herbert by Unknown Australian Official Photographer, courtesy Australian War Memorial | |
| Born | 16 September 1891 |
| Died | 11 February 1945 |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Education | Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat School of Mines |
| Known for | Painting, Printmaking, Illustration, Cartooning |
| Movement | Australian Impressionism |
Harold Brocklebank Herbert (1891–1945) was an early 20th century Australian painter and printmaker, an illustrator and cartoonist. A traditionalist, as an art teacher he promoted representational painting, and as a critic was an influential detractor of modernism. He was the first war artist to be appointed for Australia in the Second World War, serving for 6 months with the Australian Infantry Forces in Egypt in 1941 and in the Middle East in 1942.[1][2]
- ^ Haese, Richard; Serle, Alan Geoffrey (1983). 'Herbert, Harold Brocklebank (1891–1945),' in Australian dictionary of biography. Vol. 9. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press. ISBN 978-0-522-84273-9. OCLC 890244680.
- ^ Trinca, J. C; Herbert, Harold B; Royal Historical Society of Victoria (1997). Harold Herbert, convivial artist, 1891-1945. Melbourne: Royal Historical Society of Victoria. OCLC 38405468.