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Ernest Buckmaster Ernest Buckmaster i(A62619 works by)
Born: Established: 3 Jul 1897 Hawthorn, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria, ; Died: Ceased: 18 Oct 1968 Warrandyte, Warrandyte area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,
Gender: Male
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'Ernest Buckmaster (1897-1968), artist, was born on 3 July 1897 at Hawthorn, Melbourne, eldest son of Harry Amos Buckmaster, a straw-hat manufacturer from England, and his Victorian-born wife Letitia Martha, née Chandler. A puny lad, Ernest was taken by his grandparents to help on their mixed farm at Box Hill until he was 14. He attended the local state school where he enjoyed nothing more than drawing, in which his precocious talent was recognized from the age of 4.'

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1932 winner Archibald Prize portrait of Sir William Irvine.
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