Gert Sellheim (1901–1970) was a
German-Australian artist. He won the
Sulman Prize for his work in 1939 for his Mural Decoration on wall of Victorian Government Tourist Bureau, Hotel Australia Building, 272 Collins Street, Melbourne.
Sellheim was born in
Estonia to
German
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parents and studied architecture at universities in
Germany before migrating to
Western Australia in 1926. He established an architecture and design practice in
Melbourne in 1930, and moved to
Sydney
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in 1947. A significant selection of his work was exhibited in the exhibition ''Aboriginal Art and its Application'' organised by the
Australian Museum, Sydney in 1941 and his design for an 'Aboriginal Art' stamp was released in Australia in 1948.
Sellheim produced posters for the
Australian National Travel Association
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Establishment
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and his most renowned design is
Qantas airlines' distinctive flying kangaroo logo, created in 1947.
In 2019 Gert Sellheim was inducted to the Australian Graphic Design Association Hall of Fame.
His grandson is the Australian novelist, poet and philosopher Dr.
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He also has four other grandchildren Aneliese Sellheim, Richard Hunt, Andrew Hunt and Catherine Hunt.
References
1901 births
1970 deaths
German emigrants to Australia
German artists
20th-century Australian painters
Emigrants from the Russian Empire to Germany
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