Sydney Printmakers Explained

Sydney Printmakers was an association of artists, founded in 1961,^[1] to further the art of print-making. It marked a renewal of interest in the technique after a lull of two decades occasioned by a boom in etching which began in the late 1930s.

Members included Earle Backen,Sue Buckley,John Coburn,Joy Ewart,Roy Fluke,Strom Gould,Weaver Hawkins,Eva Kubbos,Ursula Laverty,Peter Laverty,Vaclovas Ratas,Elizabeth Rooney,Henry Salkauskas,James Sharp,Algirdas Simkunas, andDavid Strachan.^[2]

Sue Buckley later became the printmaking tutor for The Print Circle.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Book: Gil Docking . Australian Dictionary of Biography: Salkauskas, Henrikas (Henry) (1925–1979) . National Centre of Biography, Australian National University . 2002 . 15 October 2020.
2. Book: Alan McCulloch . Encyclopedia of Australian Art . Hutchinson . 1968 . 090814207.
3. Web site: Stephens . Andrew . The Print Circle: Fifty years – Print Council of Australia . 2024-04-15 . en-US.