John Proudfoot papers, ca. 1923-2006

MLMSS 9236

fonds

ca. 1923-2006

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Clippings, Drawings, Ephemera, Photographs

876985

0.66 metres of textual material (4 boxes), some files contain photographs

John Edric Proudfoot (1910-1994) was born in Kogarah, Sydney, and had his early art training at the National Art School at East Sydney Technical College. After World War II, during which he served in the Survey Corps, he worked as a newspaper artist while also exhibiting and executing commissions. His portraits, still life paintings and landscapes were hung at several Sydney and country art shows and his portrait of Dr C. D. Throsby was a finalist in the Art Gallery of NSW’s Archibald Prize in 1972. He and his wife Joy spent ten years in the United Kingdom where he had paintings accepted by the Royal Academy in London. Returning to Australia in 1987, he continued to exhibit, living first in Adelaide and then in the Shoalhaven area of NSW.

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The collection documents John Proudfoot’s life and travels in Australia and Europe and his career as an artist. It is contained in seven archival ring binders labelled ‘Journey With John’ Volumes I to VII.

BOX 1
Volume 1
Biographical material including eulogy, 1994; correspondence, 1963; original sketches and Christmas card and published cartoons by John Proudfoot; colour and black & white photographs of John Proudfoot, his family, studio, paintings, ca. 1923-1988; certificates and newscuttings relating to the Sydney City to Surf and other races, 1976-1977

Volume II
Exhibitions – Sydney 1968-1978, including exhibition catalogues, photographs of artworks, newscuttings

BOX 2
Volume III
Exhibitions – country New South Wales 1968-1978, including correspondence, exhibition catalogues, photographs of artworks, newscuttings
Europe trip 1975, including photographs and postcards of artworks from various galleries

Volume IV
Exhibitions – England 1979-1987, including exhibition catalogues, photographs of artworks and events, newscuttings

BOX 3
Volume V
Biographical material and ephemera relating to John Proudfoot, his family, friends and fellow artists, including correspondence, photographs, newscuttings, 1979-2006

Volume VI
Biographical material including passports of John Proudfoot and Joy Proudfoot, photographs taken during their stay in the United Kingdom, newscuttings, 1975-1986

BOX 4
Volume VII
Papers relating to travel in Switzerland, Denmark, USSR, including photographs and ephemera, 1975-1985; exhibition catalogues and photographs from Adelaide and the Shoalhaven, 1988-1992; photographs of commemorative plaques for John Proudfoot

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