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Badham taught painting at the [[National Art School|East Sydney Technical College]] from 1938 to 1961.<ref name="bonhams"/><ref name="artgalleryballarat"/> He published two books about Australian art.<ref name="bonhams"/><ref name="canadianwarmuseum"/><ref name="cbus"/><ref name="trove">[http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/27170217?selectedversion=NBD2492824 National Library of Australia: Herbert Badham]</ref>
Badham taught painting at the [[National Art School|East Sydney Technical College]] from 1938 to 1961.<ref name="bonhams"/><ref name="artgalleryballarat"/> He published two books about Australian art.<ref name="bonhams"/><ref name="canadianwarmuseum"/><ref name="cbus"/><ref name="trove">[http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/27170217?selectedversion=NBD2492824 National Library of Australia: Herbert Badham]</ref>


By April 1950 he was living at Darling Point Rd, [[Darling Point, New South Wales|Darling Point]].<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/231061413?searchTerm=%22“Herbert%20badham”%22&searchLimits=notWords|||requestHandler|||anyWords|||exactPhrase=“Herbert+badham”|||dateTo|||dateFrom|||sortby=dateAsc The Sun (Sydney) 16 April 1950, p.7]</ref> He married dressmaker Enid Wilson in Sydney in 1927.<ref>[https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/lifelink/familyhistory/search/result?3 New South Wales registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages]</ref> Their daughter, Chebby Badham, became an artist and [[animator]].<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1313614/ Chebby Badham, IMDb]</ref>
By April 1950 he was living at Darling Point Rd, [[Darling Point, New South Wales|Darling Point]].<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/231061413?searchTerm=%22“Herbert%20badham”%22&searchLimits=notWords|||requestHandler|||anyWords|||exactPhrase=“Herbert+badham”|||dateTo|||dateFrom|||sortby=dateAsc The Sun (Sydney) 16 April 1950, p.7]</ref> He married dressmaker Enid Wilson in Sydney in 1927.<ref>[https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/lifelink/familyhistory/search/result?3 New South Wales registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages]</ref> Their daughter, Chebi Badham, became an artist and [[animator]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=scheme=AGLSTERMS. AglsAgent; corporateName=State Library of New South Wales; address=Macquarie Street |first=Sydney |date=2018-03-09 |title=Domesticity |url=https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/collection-items/domesticity |access-date=2022-07-11 |website=State Library of NSW}}</ref>


Currently, two of his paintings are exhibited at the [[Art Gallery of New South Wales]] in Sydney.<ref>[http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/?artist_id=badham-herbert Art Gallery of New South Wales: Works by Herbert Badham]</ref> Another painting is found at the [[Art Gallery of Ballarat]] in [[Ballarat]].<ref name="artgalleryballarat"/> Another painting is exhibited at the [[Canadian War Museum]] in [[Ottawa]].<ref name="fairground"/>
Currently, two of his paintings are exhibited at the [[Art Gallery of New South Wales]] in Sydney.<ref>[http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/?artist_id=badham-herbert Art Gallery of New South Wales: Works by Herbert Badham]</ref> Another painting is found at the [[Art Gallery of Ballarat]] in [[Ballarat]].<ref name="artgalleryballarat"/> Another painting is exhibited at the [[Canadian War Museum]] in [[Ottawa]].<ref name="fairground"/>

Revision as of 07:30, 11 July 2022

Herbert Badham
Self portrait sketch
Born1899
Watsons Bay, New South Wales, Australia
Died1961
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
EducationJulian Ashton Art School
Occupation(s)Painter; art teacher
SpouseEnid Wilson
Children1 daughter

Herbert Edward Badham (1899-1961) was an Australian realist painter and art teacher.

Biography

Early life

Herbert Badham was born in 1899 in Watsons Bay, a suburb of Sydney, Australia to Herbert Lewis Badham (c1870-1937) and his wife Mary.[1][2][3][4][5] He was one of five children in the family. He enlisted in the Australian Royal Navy in 1917 to serve in the First World War.[1] From 1925 to 1938, he studied painting at the Julian Ashton Art School, where he was tutored by Julian Ashton, George Washington Lambert and Henry Gibbons.[1][2][3][5]

Career

He was a realist painter, and focused on paintings scenes of everyday life.[6] His work was exhibited at the Society of Artists from 1927 to his death.[5] Later, in 1939, his first solo exhibition took place at the Grosvenor Gallery, Sydney.[1]

Badham taught painting at the East Sydney Technical College from 1938 to 1961.[1][4] He published two books about Australian art.[1][3][5][7]

By April 1950 he was living at Darling Point Rd, Darling Point.[8] He married dressmaker Enid Wilson in Sydney in 1927.[9] Their daughter, Chebi Badham, became an artist and animator.[10]

Currently, two of his paintings are exhibited at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney.[11] Another painting is found at the Art Gallery of Ballarat in Ballarat.[4] Another painting is exhibited at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa.[6]

Death

He died in 1961.[2]

Works

Paintings by Badham include:

  • Self-portrait (early 1920s).[12]
  • Travellers (1933).[1]
  • Breakfast piece (1936).[2]
  • The fairground, Sydney (1944).[6]
  • The vegetable shop (1950).[4]
  • Domesticity (1959).[13]

Bibliography

  • Herbert Badham (1949), A Study of Australian Art (Sydney: Currawong Press).[5][7]
  • Herbert Badham (ed.) (1954), A Gallery of Australian Art (Sydney: Currawong Press).[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Bonhams: Herbert Badham (1899-1961) Travellers 1933
  2. ^ a b c d Herbert Badham: Breakfast piece, Art Gallery of New South Wales
  3. ^ a b c Herbert Badham, Canadian War Museum
  4. ^ a b c d Henry Badham: The vegetable shop, Art Gallery of Ballarat
  5. ^ a b c d e f Cbus: Herbert Badham 1899–1961
  6. ^ a b c The fairground, Sydney, 1944, Canadian War Museum
  7. ^ a b National Library of Australia: Herbert Badham
  8. ^ The Sun (Sydney) 16 April 1950, p.7
  9. ^ New South Wales registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages
  10. ^ scheme=AGLSTERMS. AglsAgent; corporateName=State Library of New South Wales; address=Macquarie Street, Sydney (9 March 2018). "Domesticity". State Library of NSW. Retrieved 11 July 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  11. ^ Art Gallery of New South Wales: Works by Herbert Badham
  12. ^ Henry Badham: Self-portrait, Art Gallery of New South Wales
  13. ^ Bonhams: Domesticity, 1959
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