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George Washington Lambert

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Firth, an Englishwoman. Mother and son soon moved to Württemberg, Germany, to be with Lambert's maternal grandfather. Lambert was educated at Kingston College, Yeovil, Somerset. The family, consisting of Lambert, his mother and three sisters, decided to emigrate to Australia. They arrived in
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in 1922, now Australia's most prestigious art prize for portraiture, Lambert's work was disqualified as he had not been a resident in Australia for twelve months. He submitted a self-portrait for the third year, competing with
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Lambert began exhibiting his pictures at the Art Society and the Society of Artists, Sydney in 1894. Lambert began contributing pen-and-ink cartoons for
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During the war years, George Lambert spent much time in London, where it is suggested he was romantically involved with fellow artist
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collection. Lambert, as an honorary captain, travelled to Gallipoli in 1919 to make sketches for the painting. Another noted work was
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in 1895 and began painting full-time in 1896. Illustrations by Lambert formed part of the bush ballads of the
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gallery. He was elected an associate of the Royal Academy in 1922. He often visited the homestead of Colonel
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George Lambert (1873-1930) catalogue raisonne : paintings and sculpture, drawings in public collection
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Some of his family papers from 1874 to 1942 are held in the State Library of New South Wales, Sydney.
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Lambert became an official Australian war artist in 1917 during the First World War. His painting
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Lambert married Amelia Beatrice 'Amy' Absell (1872–1963) in 1900. Their children were
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Lambert exhibition, Gallipoli and Palestine landscapes - Australian War Memorial
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In November 1927 he was commissioned to create a statue of writer
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in 1911. He was most known during this time as a portrait artist.
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Lambert returned to Australia in 1921, where he had success in
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until 1900. Later, he won a travelling scholarship for 150
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of George Washington Lambert (1833 – 25 July 1873, in
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His life was dramatised in an episode of the radio series
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George Washington Lambert, c.1925, by Harold Cazneaux
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Saint Petersburg
Cobbitty
New South Wales
Australia
Julian Ashton Art School
painting
drawing
sculpture
Across the Black Soil Plains
Anzac, the Landing 1915
The Squatter's Daughter
Mrs Annie Murdoch
Maurice Lambert
Constant Lambert
ARA
portrait painting
war artist
First World War
St Petersburg
Russia
posthumous son
London
Baltimore
Maryland
Sydney

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Will H. Ogilvie
Wynne Prize

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