Edward Officer
Australian artist
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Edward Cairns Officer (19 September 1871 – 7 July 1921) was an Australian artist and the inaugural president of the Australian Art Association.[1][2][3]
Born19 September 1871
Murray Downs, NSW, Australia
Died7 July 1921 (aged 49)
Macedon, Victoria
OccupationArtist
Edward Cairns Officer | |
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Edward Cairns Officer, c. 1921 | |
| Born | 19 September 1871 Murray Downs, NSW, Australia |
| Died | 7 July 1921 (aged 49) Macedon, Victoria |
| Occupation | Artist |
Officer was born in 1871 at Murray Downs, New South Wales, near Swan Hill, Victoria.[1][4] He studied art under Frederick McCubbin at the National Gallery of Victoria[4][5] and studied at Julien's in Paris,[3] in 1895.[4] In 1908, he married Grace, daughter of Sir Thomas Fitzgerald.[3]
Unable to enlist to serve in World War I,[4] Officer organised the sale of 95 of his paintings[6] netting £800 for the Red Cross Fund.[7]
He died at Macedon, Victoria, on 7 July 1921.[3][4]