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OWEN JOHN BRENTNELL GARDE & VERA |
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 Owen Garde |
Owen attended the South Australia School of Fine Arts and Crafts. After some years teaching art, he studied portraiture in Melbourne under acclaimed artists Sir John Longstaff and Max Meldrum. In 1950 he moved to Perth to paint portraits full-time, and in 1954, established the Western Australia Academy of Fine Arts. Garde carried out overseas commissions and exhibited work in New York 1962-1965. It was during this time that he gave to the new National Art Museum of Sport large paintings of two Australian Olympic stars: Herb Elliott and Shirley Strickland. Garde returned to Australia to teach, including his son artist John Garde, and paint portraits. His work hangs in the Parliament of Western Australia and several Museums in Australia.
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| HUSBAND | OWEN JOHN BRENTNELL GARDE | WIFE | VERA |
| BORN | 5 JUNE 1919 | BORN | |
| WHERE | SOUTH AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA | WHERE | WESTERN AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA |
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| DIED | DIED | ||
| WHERE | SOUTH AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA | WHERE | WESTERN AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA |
| BURIED | BURIED | ||
| FATHER | HAROLD JOHN GARD | FATHER | |
| MOTHER | ANNIE VERA THRUSH | MOTHER |
Last Edited: 6 OCT 2011