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Roy Philip Parkinson (3 June 1901 – 9 May 1945) was an Australian artist, known for his watercolour paintings. His works are collected in a number of Australian galleries.
Roy Parkinson was born in Brisbane, Queensland on 3 June 1901 to parents Cyril Parkinson and his wife Jane Silcock.[1] He studied at Brisbane State High School[2] and later studied art at the Brisbane Central Technical College under F. J. Martyn Roberts. He also took lessons from William Bustard and Hubert Jarvis.[3]
Parkinson exhibited his work in Brisbane,[4] Sydney and Melbourne[5] and travelled to Victoria to take in different subjects for his paintings.[6] At an exhibition in 1930, 49 of his works were sold, a record for sales at a private exhibition at that point.[7] One of his works was submitted to the Coronation Exhibition in London in 1937, along with other significant Queensland artists of the period, including Vida Lahey.[8] He was President of the Royal Queensland Art Society in 1934.Archive
Parkinson taught art and was an art critic for the local newspapers. He applied to be a war artist during World War II.[9] The book Praise life and practise art, which was published posthumously in 1946 represented a collection of the transcripts of some of his radio interviews on various topics.[10]
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Parkinson married Gladys Ann Canning in 1928.[11] He died 9 May 1945, after suffering from ill health and was survived by his wife.[12]
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Parkinson's papers including photographs of some of his work are held in the Fryer Library of The University of Queensland.[17]
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