Roy Philip Parkinson (3 June 1901 – 9 May 1945) was an Australian artist, known for his watercolour paintings. His works are collected in a number of Australian galleries.

Early life

Roy Parkinson was born in

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on 3 June 1901 to parents Cyril Parkinson and his wife Jane Silcock. He studied at

Brisbane State High School , motto_translation = Knowledge is Power , city = South Brisbane , state = Queensland , country = Australia , coordinates = , type = Public, selective, co-educational, secondary, ...

and later studied art at the

Brisbane Central Technical College Brisbane Central Technical College is a heritage-listed technical college at 2 George Street, Brisbane City, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1911 to 1956. It became the Queensland Institute of Technology (QIT) in 1 ...

under F. J. Martyn Roberts. He also took lessons from

William Bustard William Bustard (1894–1973) was an artist in Queensland, Australia. His stained glass work features in many heritage-listed buildings. Early life William Bustard was born in 1894 in Terrington, Malton, Yorkshire, England. Living close to the ...

and Hubert Jarvis. Parkinson exhibited his work in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne and travelled to Victoria to take in different subjects for his paintings. At an exhibition in 1930, 49 of his works were sold, a record for sales at a private exhibition at that point. One of his works was submitted to the Coronation Exhibition in London in 1937, along with other significant Queensland artists of the period, including

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. He was President of the

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in 1934.Archive Parkinson taught art and was an art critic for the local newspapers. He applied to be a war artist during World War II. The book ''Praise life and practise art'', which was published posthumously in 1946 represented a collection of the transcripts of some of his radio interviews on various topics.

Legacy

Parkinson married Gladys Ann Canning in 1928. He died 9 May 1945, after suffering from ill health and was survived by his wife.

Collections

Art Gallery of South Australia The Art Gallery of South Australia (AGSA), established as the National Gallery of South Australia in 1881, is located in Adelaide. It is the most significant visual arts museum in the Australian state of South Australia. It has a collection of ...

National Gallery of Victoria The National Gallery of Victoria, popularly known as the NGV, is an art museum in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Founded in 1861, it is Australia's oldest and most visited art museum. The NGV houses an encyclopedic art collection across two ...

Queensland Art Gallery The Queensland Art Gallery (QAG) is an art museum located in South Bank, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The gallery is part of QAGOMA. It complements the Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) building, situated only away. The Queensland Art Gallery ...

Castlemaine Art Museum Castlemaine Art Museum is an Australian art gallery and museum in Castlemaine, Victoria in the Shire of Mount Alexander. It was founded in 1913. It is housed in a 1931 Art Deco neo-classical building constructed for the purpose, heritage-listed ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Parkinson, Roy 1901 births 1945 deaths Artists from Brisbane 20th-century Australian artists People educated at Brisbane State High School