1166127
- TitleStudio of Realist Art (SORA) papers, 1945-1948
- Creator
- Call numberMLMSS 9538
- Level of descriptionfonds
- Date
1945-1948 - Type of material
- Reference code1166127
- Physical DescriptionTextual Records - (printed)
Ephemera - ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
Roderick Malcolm Shaw was born at Drummoyne, N.S.W., in 1915. He was educated at Sydney High and at East Sydney National Art School. In 1935 he was a foundation member of The Windsor Group of Sydney artists who painted in the Hawkesbury region. In 1989 he published an account of these artists, The Windsor Group 1935-1945. The previous year his Retrospective Exhibition 1938-1988 had been held at the Woolloomooloo Gallery.
Shaw was a member of the Communist Party of Australia from the war years until 1956. During the same period he taught and exhibited with the Studio of Realist Art (SORA), of which he was a founder. SORA published ten regular bulletins and held exhibitions at its studio in George Street, Sydney and at David Jones' Gallery. - Scope and Content1. Bulletin No. 2, 10th May 1945. Published by Studio of Realist Art, 171 Sussex Street, Sydney.
2. 1948 Christmas card from The Shaws, Roderick, Frances and Christine. - Access Conditions
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