Charles Blackman OBE was born in Sydney in 1928 he died in Sydney on the 20 Aug 2018
Also known as Charles Raymond Blackman a Artist (Painter), Printmaker, Draughtsman, Theatre / Film Designer
Blackman was appointed an Officer of the (OBE) for services to Australian art in 1977.
Artistic Career Achievements:
A portrait of Blackman by Jon Molvig won the Archibald Prize in 1966.
In August 2010, the Blackman Hotel opened in St Kilda Road Melbourne. It features 670 digitally reproduced fine art prints by Blackman.
Ursula Dubosarsky’s novel The Golden Day was directly inspired by Blackman’s 1954 painting Floating Schoolgirl, which is in the collection of the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra