Roland Wakelin b. 1887

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Modernist painter, Roland Wakelin, was born in New Zealand in 1887. He moved to Sydney, Australia in 1912 where he studied under Antonio Dattilo Rubbo and Norman Carter at the Royal Art Society of New South Wales.
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exhibited at
Matson Lines' exhibition of Australian Art at the California Palace of Legion of Honour in San Francisco and the Los Angeles Municipal Gallery
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1972
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Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, NSW
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memorial exhibition

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1967
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Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
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Tribute to Roland Wakelin
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1962
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Bank of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
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1959
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National Gallery of Victoria
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a survey show of Australian Post-Impressionists

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1942
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Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
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A retrospective exhibition, showing sixty-six of Wakelin’s works from 1916 to 1942

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1930
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Ball Green, Turramurra, NSW
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The home of Ethel Anderson, Australian painter, poet and essayist.

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1926
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Grosvenor Galleries, Sydney, NSW
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1925
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Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, NSW
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also in 1928, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940 and 1941

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Solo exhibition
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1922
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Anthony Horderns' Fine Art Galleries, Sydney, NSW
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Other occupations
  • Tutor
  • Art teacher
  • Ticket writer
  • Commercial Artist
  • Clerk
  • Office Boy
  • Tutor (Tutor Department of Adult Education)
  • Art teacher (Art teacher 1951, National Gallery School in Melbourne, VIC. 1952, School of Architecture at the University of Sydney, NSW.)
  • Ticket writer (Ticket writer Mark Foy's and David Jones)
  • Commercial Artist (Commercial Artist Smith & Julius and O'Brien Publicity Co.)
  • Clerk (Clerk Stamps Office)
  • Office Boy (Office Boy 1904)
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Date modified Aug. 7, 2012, 11:25 a.m. April 10, 2011, 10:56 p.m.