Noel Wood
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Noel Herbert Wood was an Australia
n painter.
, Wood attended art school in Adelaide
where his tutor was the painter, Marie Tuck. He married Eleanor Weld Skipper, whom he met at art school, and fathered two daughters, Virginia Maray and Ann Oenone
.
For nearly sixty years, Noel Wood lived on Bedarra Island
, North Queensland
, where he painted and established his dwelling, studio and food gardens. In 1947/8, he painted in Ireland
, Britain
and Europe
, before returning to Bedarra. In the 1950s he spent some time in United States
.
He had stopped painting by the 1970’s. Noel Wood’s work is represented in public collections throughout Australia and in many private collections in Australia, U.K. and U.S.A.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n painter.
Biography
Born in Strathalbyn, South AustraliaStrathalbyn, South Australia
Strathalbyn is a town in South Australia, in the Alexandrina Council. The town has a population of 3894 people.-History and Culture:The town was founded in 1839. Strathalbyn was once connected by broad gauge horse tram to Goolwa and Victor Harbor from 1869, and the line was extended to Mount Barker...
, Wood attended art school in Adelaide
Adelaide
Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...
where his tutor was the painter, Marie Tuck. He married Eleanor Weld Skipper, whom he met at art school, and fathered two daughters, Virginia Maray and Ann Oenone
Ann Grocott
-Biography:She was born in South Australia. Her father was the Australian painter, Noel Herbert Wood.In the 1980s Grocott published two novels for children aged 8–12 years: "Duck For Danger" and "Danni's Desperate Journey" a handbook "How to write for children" and several short stories. After...
.
For nearly sixty years, Noel Wood lived on Bedarra Island
Bedarra Island
Bedarra Island is a privately owned island in the middle of the Family Islands National Park, located off the Queensland coast in Australia. The island is made from granite and was part of the mainland before the last sea level rise began 8,000 years ago...
, North Queensland
Queensland
Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
, where he painted and established his dwelling, studio and food gardens. In 1947/8, he painted in Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
, Britain
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
and Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, before returning to Bedarra. In the 1950s he spent some time in United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
He had stopped painting by the 1970’s. Noel Wood’s work is represented in public collections throughout Australia and in many private collections in Australia, U.K. and U.S.A.
Further reading
- "A Big Country" Stories of Australia and its people from the ABC TV series by Jim Downes. Pub. Angus and Robertson 1988. ISBN 0207158967. See "No Place For a Hermit" pp. 105-111.
- "The Island and the Painter" ABC TV film. Producer Rob Stewart 1987. Source: Australian Broadcasting Commission, Film Database.
- "International Islands Magazine" Vol.3/No.5, November/December 1983. See "ON THE ROAD TO MEHETIA" PART 2. by Michael Fessier.
- "The New Yorker" 26 May 1956. The Talk of the Town (S. McCarten; Brendan Gill; Whitney Balliett) "Bach and Bananas" Page 25.
- "Howard Hinton, Patron of Art", Angus & Robertson, Halstead Press, Sydney N.S.W. Australia. 1951.
- "Dictionary of Australian Artists". http://www.daao.org.au/main/read/7224