Name

Ron Edwards

Culture

Australian

Gender

Male

Birth date

10 October 1930

Birth place

Geelong, Victoria, Australia View on map Close map

Death date

2008

Death Place

Cairns, Queensland, Australia View on map Close map

Occupations

Art gallery owner | Artist (painter) | Historian | Printmaker | Private press | Writer

Summary

folk music collector; Worked: Australia (VIC, QLD). Linocuts

Context

Australia

Biography

"Dr Ron Edwards began his art training at Gordon Institute of Technology, Geelong and completed it at Swinburne art School, Melbourne. He moved to Cairns, Queensland in August 1959 where he and his wife, Anne (also an artist), set up a gallery. They lived in Kuranda until his death in 2008. He was an artist and author of folklore with 120 books in print, ranging from children's books to Australian bush crafts. Awarded the Australian Order of Merit in 1992, and he was awarded a Doctorate, honoris causa, by Swinburne University in 2000."

Information kindly provded by Arthur van Alphen 12 September 2009