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Australian Prints + Printmaking

Doug Alexander

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Name

Doug Alexander

Culture

Australian

Gender

Male

Birth date

1945

Birth place

Skipton, Victoria, Australia View on map Close map

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Death date

14 June 1981

Death Place

Tharwa, Australian Capital Territory, Australia View on map Close map

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Movements

New Zealand 1968-70

Occupations

Ceramic artist | Decorative / design artist | Potter

Summary

Worked: Australia (VIC, ACT), Aotearoa New Zealand

NGA IRN

14556

Context

Australia

Biography

Doug Alexander
1945-1981

Born in Ballarat in 1945, Douglas Alexander gained his Diploma of Art in ceramics from the Ballarat School of Mines, after which he worked at the Bendigo Potteries and for a time in New Zealand. He established the Springmount Pottery at Creswick, Victoria, and in 1976 the Cuppacumbalong Pottery, at Tharwa, ACT, where he died on 14 June 1981