Gary Baker Australian Artist, Alan D Baker , Normand Baker and Marjorie Baker

Gary Baker

Gary Baker Studied Life drawing at the Royal Art Society of N.S.W. with Henry Hanke 1973-1979 and with his father Alan D. Baker. Materials and Subjects Oils, Watercolours, Etchings, in Landscape Portrait and Still Life. Awards Camden, Campbelltown ,Fairfield, Royal Agricultural Show, Sydney. NSW. Represented Commonwealth…

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Alan D Baker

Alan Douglas Baker. (1914 -1987) He was the third child of Pearl and Henry Baker of Ashfield, Sydney. The family recognised that Alan showed the same talents as his brother Normand and, at 13 years of age, during his days at Canterbury Boys High, he…

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Normand Baker

Normand Henry Baker ( 1908 - 1955 ) Born July 9, 1908, Summer Hill, Sydney, N.S.W. Died May 24 1955. Eldest son of William Henry and Millicent Pearl Baker, brother to Alan D. Baker. Commercial Artist, Winner of the Archibald Prize for portraiture in 1937,…

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Marjorie Baker

Marjorie Baker. (1917-2009) As Singapore was falling to the Japanese army in late January 1942, Marjorie Whitchurch found herself swept up in the chaotic evacuations that were under way. She was able to escape with her life but lost her husband, her home and her…

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