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Ian Armstrong

Ian Armstrong (1923 - 2005) was active/lived in Australia.  Ian Armstrong is known for Classical modernist plein aire painting, printmaking, drawing, teaching.

Ian Armstrong (artist)

Ian Armstrong (30 December 1923 – 2005) was an Australian artist. He was a classical modernist painter and print maker.

Armstrong was born in the Melbourne suburb of Malvern. He left school at the age of thirteen and started his working life as a grocer boy. Later, he joined his father at James Flood Motor Body Builders and worked as a blacksmith. In 1940, he enrolled at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology studying three nights a week and Saturday morning. By 1943 he had commenced evening classes at the National Gallery School which he continued until 1950. Looking for more rigorous tuition, he joined the George Bell School, where he studied intermittently from 1945 to 1949.

Bell was a strong disciplinarian. Armstrong acknowledges that Bell taught him "everything that was worth anything". To escape the rigorous discipline of Bell and the more conservative teachings of the Gallery school, Armstrong and fellow students [Fred Williams]   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 5187 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Ian Armstrong

   Ian Armstrong  Born:  1923 - Malvern, Australia
Died:   2005
Known for:  Classical modernist plein aire painting, printmaking, drawing, teaching

Ian Armstrong (artist)

Ian Armstrong (30 December 1923 – 2005) was an Australian artist. He was a classical modernist painter and print maker.

Armstrong was born in the Melbourne suburb of Malvern. He left school at the age of thirteen and started his working life as a grocer boy. Later, he joined his father at James Flood Motor Body Builders and worked as a blacksmith. In 1940, he enrolled at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology studying three nights a week and Saturday morning. By 1943 he had commenced evening classes at the National Gallery School which he continued until 1950. Looking for more rigorous tuition, he joined the George Bell School, where he studied intermittently from 1945 to 1949.

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