Grahame King

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Grahame King
Birth name Grahame Edwin King
Born February 23, 1915(1915-02-23)
Melbourne, Australia
Nationality Flag of AustraliaAustralian
Field Painter, Printmaker
Training National Gallery School (1934-39), George Bell School; Central School of Art London, (1947-49}.
Awards Member of the Order of Australia 1991 for services to education.
Beakon,  lithograph, printed in colour, from five stones/plates, (1985)
Beakon, lithograph, printed in colour, from five stones/plates, (1985)

Grahame King is a prominent Australian printmaker. He is married to the Sculptor Inge King. Grahame Lectured in Printmaking at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology from 1966-88. In 1966 Grahame was instrumental in setting up the Print Council of Australia where he was its first Honorary Secretary, and President c. 1979-84.[1]

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  • Grishin, Sasha. The art of Grahame King; with a foreword by Roger Butler ; and contributions by Libby Bright ... [et al.]. South Yarra, Vic. : Macmillan Art Publishing, c2005. ISBN 1876832592, ISBN 9781876832599
  1. ^ Text of speech give by Grahame King on the history of The Print Council of Australia, at the Australian Print Symposium 1989 [1]