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John Rigby's Biographical Details

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OVERVIEW OF CAREER

1922

Born in Brisbane, Australia (December 9).

1937-38 

Studied art at Central Technical College, Brisbane.

1939-41

Commercial art in Brisbane.

1942-46

Served in the Australian Military Forces, but still managed to paint a little and  create cartoon strips for the entertainment  of others in New Guinea.

1946-47

Worked in commercial art in Brisbane and was sports cartoonist for The Sunday Mail, Brisbane.

1948-50

Studied at East Sydney Technical College under the Commonwealth Reconstruction Training Scheme.  Awarded Diploma in Fine Art.  Photo shows John Rigby (left) and Jon Molvig at the College in 1949.

1951

Returned to painting and commercial art in Brisbane.

1954

First one-man exhibition at the Johnstone Gallery, Brisbane.

1956-58

Sailed from Australia with wife Margaret and son Mark in August 1956. 
Lived and painted  in Italy (Rome, Positano, Florence and Venice) under the Italian 
Government Travelling Art Scholarship. Later visited England and France.

1958-72

Involved in graphic art and painting, Brisbane.

1969-87

Trustee of the Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane.

1973

Full time painting and part-time art lecturing.

1974-84

Senior Instructor/Officer-in-Charge at Brisbane's School of Fine Art, Queensland
College of Art (now part of Griffith University).

1984

Returned to full-time painting.

1994

Awarded an Honorary Doctorate for services to the Arts, Griffith University, Qld., Australia

2003

A major book, John Rigby - Art and Life, launched at the Queensland Art Gallery.

2012

Passed away on 18 October. Throughout the first decade of the 21^st century, he had continued to live and work in Brisbane, Australia, while conducting occasional art workshops throughout Queensland, as he had done for many decades.

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