John Santry collection of drawings and prints

PXD 1636

fonds

approximately 1940 to 1962

Graphic Materials, Drawings, Watercolours, Prints

904414

20 drawings - crayon, ink, watercolour - 56 x 49 cm and smaller
21 prints - 59 x 47 cm and smaller

Terence John Santry was born on 19 December 1910 in Pyrmont, New South Wales. He studied at the Royal Art Society and at East Sydney Technical College and went on to work as a commercial artist for Paramount Pictures. In 1933, he married Marie G. Byrnes, with whom he had two children. Between 1937 and 1939, he studied at the Westminster School in London and, upon returning to Australia, worked at various Sydney newspapers as an illustrator and cartoonist. He then began teaching at East Sydney Technical College, and later at the University of Sydney and the University of New South Wales. In the late 1940s, he and several other Sydney artists formed the Norwood Group and Santry's works were finally exhibited in Sydney in 1984 and Melbourne in 1985. He died on 6 October 1990 in Sydney.

Sources:
Design & Art Australia Online. "John Santry". Accessed 27 March 2024. https://www.daao.org.au/bio/terence-john-santry/

Ryerson Index. "John Santry". Accessed 27 March 2024. https://ryersonindex.org/

20 drawings made in watercolour, crayon and ink. Subjects are mostly nudes and life drawings of men and women. 1 finished watercolour titled "Rough Sketch ; The Mudlark" and 1 watercolour of a city/harbour view with a ship. 1 coloured crayon of a woman and child.

21 prints and reproductions used in advertisements, newspaper articles and a Christmas card for Taubmans paints. Subjects and events include WWII soldiers; Qantas; Maurice Abravanel Sydney Orchestral Society concerts, 1946; cover art for the Treasure Chest of Dances; Treasure Chest of Stephen Foster Songs; art for The Australian Women's Weekly, 1942 and 1943. Some duplicates.

1 letter to John Santry from Douglas Dundas of the East Sydney Technical College, National Art School, regarding a class schedule, dated 15 February 1962

In copyright:
Copyright holder:: John Santry
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder

Transferred from Pic.Acc.7041 to PXD 1636, March 2024

16 prints signed "Santry" or "John Santry".

Date range based on prints dated between 1943 and 1946, and letter from East Sydney Technical College dated 1962