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Samuel Michael Byrne BIOGRAPHY
1883 Barossa Valley, South Australia - 1978. Known for: Naive, folk art painting.
Sam Byrne (1883-1978). A former miner and naive artist, he began to paint his stories of the history of Broken Hill by the mid 1950s, and was awarded first prize in a competition by watercolorist... Read full biography
Sam Byrne (1883-1978). A former miner and naive artist, he began to paint his stories of the history of Broken Hill by the mid 1950s, and was awarded first prize in a competition by watercolorist Robert Campbell, then Director of the Art Gallery of South Australia.
Sam Byrne (1883-1978). A former miner and naive artist, he began to paint his stories of the history of Broken Hill by the mid 1950s, and was awarded first prize in a competition by watercolorist Robert Campbell, then Director of the Art Gallery of South Australia.
Sam Byrne (1883-1978). A former miner and naive artist, he began to paint his stories of the history of Broken Hill by the mid 1950s, and was awarded first prize in a competition by watercolorist Robert Campbell, then Director of the Art Gallery of South Australia.
Sam Byrne (1883-1978). A former miner and naive artist, he began to paint his stories of the history of Broken Hill by the mid 1950s, and was awarded first prize in a competition by watercolorist Robert Campbell, then Director of the Art Gallery of South Australia.
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Sam Byrne (1883-1978)
A former miner and naive artist, he began to paint his stories of the history of Broken Hill by the mid 1950s, and was awarded first prize in a competition by watercolorist Robert Campbell, then Director of the Art Gallery of South Australia.