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Gert Hugo Emmanuel Sellheim

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DAOO Artists with known birth places, birth years and death years
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Latitude
58.7523778
Longitude
25.3319078
Start Date
1901-01-01
End Date
1970-01-01

Description

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ID
tb9246

Extended Data

Birth Place
Estonia
Biography
graphic artist and industrial designer, born Estonia; arrived Australia in the 1930s from Germany. Won Sulman Prize in 1939. One of the first poster artists to work in a semi abstract style in Melbourne. Later adapted Aboriginal Art to advertising. Stamp design featuring Aboriginal rock carving of crocodile 1948, pen, ink gouache on card, National Philatelic Museum, Melbourne (ill Baddeley).Did the colour lithographic posters Sunshine and Surf, Australia 1932 (National Archives), Surf Club Australia 1935 (National Archives) and Australia [Boomerang] 1957 (National Gallery of Australia) for the Australian National Travel Association; The Grampians, Victoria, Australia c.1939 (NLA) for the Victorian Railways (poster no.117). This entry is a stub. You can help DAAO by submitting a biography. Writers: Staff Writer Date written: 1996 Last updated: 2007
Born
b. 1901
Summary
Sellheim was a graphic artist and industrial designer. He won the Sulman Prize in 1939 and was one of the first poster artists to work in a semi abstract style in Melbourne. He also undertook work as a muralist for the Victorian Tourist Bureau, the NZ Centennial Exhibition 1939 as well as domestic clients.
Gender
Male
Died
1970
Age at death
69