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John Richard Passmore BIOGRAPHY
1904 Redfern, Sydney, Australia - 1984 Stanmore, Australia. Known for: Abstract figurative painting, bathers.
"Passmore, John Richard (1904–1984)," Australian Dictionary of Biography, Vol. 18, 2012 by Eileen Chanin. John Richard Passmore (1904-1984), artist, was born on 4 February 1904 at Redfern, Sydney,... Read full biography
"Passmore, John Richard (1904–1984)," Australian Dictionary of Biography, Vol. 18, 2012 by Eileen Chanin. John Richard Passmore (1904-1984), artist, was born on 4 February 1904 at Redfern, Sydney, elder child of Sydney-born John Passmore, watchman, and Queensland-born Elizabeth Webber. At 13 John... Read full biography
"Passmore, John Richard (1904–1984)," Australian Dictionary of Biography, Vol. 18, 2012 by Eileen Chanin. John Richard Passmore (1904-1984), artist, was born on 4 February 1904 at Redfern, Sydney, elder child of Sydney-born John Passmore, watchman, and Queensland-born Elizabeth Webber. At 13 John left school; he first worked as a paint-mixer for a sign writer, so beginning his career as a commercial artist. In the early 1920s he was employed by the Sydney advertising agency Smith & Julius,... Read full biography
"Passmore, John Richard (1904–1984)," Australian Dictionary of Biography, Vol. 18, 2012 by Eileen Chanin. John Richard Passmore (1904-1984), artist, was born on 4 February 1904 at Redfern, Sydney, elder child of Sydney-born John Passmore, watchman, and Queensland-born Elizabeth Webber. At 13 John left school; he first worked as a paint-mixer for a sign writer, so beginning his career as a commercial artist. In the early 1920s he was employed by the Sydney advertising agency Smith & Julius, where he did some work for Lever Bros Pty Ltd. While studying at Julian Ashton’s Sydney Art School, he taught lettering there until 1932. On 19 December 1925 at the Methodist parsonage, Marrickville, he married Muriel Roscoe, with whom he had a son. They... Read full biography
"Passmore, John Richard (1904–1984)," Australian Dictionary of Biography, Vol. 18, 2012 by Eileen Chanin. John Richard Passmore (1904-1984), artist, was born on 4 February 1904 at Redfern, Sydney, elder child of Sydney-born John Passmore, watchman, and Queensland-born Elizabeth Webber. At 13 John left school; he first worked as a paint-mixer for a sign writer, so beginning his career as a commercial artist. In the early 1920s he was employed by the Sydney advertising agency Smith & Julius, where he did some work for Lever Bros Pty Ltd. While studying at Julian Ashton’s Sydney Art School, he taught lettering there until 1932. On 19 December 1925 at the Methodist parsonage, Marrickville, he married Muriel Roscoe, with whom he had a son. They separated in 1933 when Passmore went to England, but they never divorced. In London Passmore... Read full biography
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"Passmore, John Richard (1904–1984)," Australian Dictionary of Biography, Vol. 18, 2012 by Eileen Chanin
John Richard Passmore (1904-1984), artist, was born on 4 February 1904 at Redfern, Sydney, elder child of Sydney-born John Passmore, watchman, and Queensland-born Elizabeth Webber. At 13 John left school; he first worked as a paint-mixer for a sign writer, so beginning his career as a commercial artist.
In the early 1920s he was employed by the Sydney advertising agency Smith & Julius, where he did some work for Lever Bros Pty Ltd. While studying at Julian Ashton’s Sydney Art School, he taught lettering there until 1932. On 19 December 1925 at the Methodist parsonage, Marrickville, he mar...But wait, there's more...
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