Tony Underhill

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Anthony Barton (Tony) Underhill was an Australian artist born in Sydney in 1923.

Underhill joined the Australian Army in 1941. During this time he met William Dobell who taught him art and he completed his training with Dobell at the Sydney Technical College from 1945-46. He was a semi-official War Artist in New Guinea and North Australia from 1942-43. He had his first solo show in Melbourne in 1947, then moved to England the following year. He taught at Hornsey and Guildford Colleges of Art and became head of post-graduate painting at Birmingham Polytechnic. His works are held by the Art Gallery of New South Wales. [1]

Underhill died in London on 24 May 1977. [2]

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[I was] trying to create something, instead of copying something. To me, a sincere artist is not one who makes a faithful attempt to put on canvas what is in front of him, but one who tries to create something which is living in itself, regardless of its subject. So long as people expect paintings to be simply coloured photographs they get no individuality and in the case of portraits, no characterisation. The real artist is striving to depict his subject’s character and to stress the caricature, but at least it is art which is alive.

References

  1. "untitled abstract". Collection: Tony Underhill. Art Gallery of New South Wales. 2007. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
  2. "Underhill, Tony". Prings and printmaking Australia Asia Pacific. National Gallery of Australia. Retrieved 20 August 2012.