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John Richard Passmore

John Richard Passmore (1904 - 1984) was active/lived in Australia, England.  John Passmore is known for Abstract figurative painting, bathers.

"Passmore, John Richard (1904–1984)," Australian Dictionary of Biography, Vol. 18, 2012 by Eileen Chanin

John Richard Passmore (1904-1984), artist, was born on 4 February 1904 at Redfern, Sydney, elder child of Sydney-born John Passmore, watchman, and Queensland-born Elizabeth Webber.  At 13 John left school; he first worked as a paint-mixer for a sign writer, so beginning his career as a commercial artist. 

In the early 1920s he was employed by the Sydney advertising agency Smith & Julius, where he did some work for Lever Bros Pty Ltd.  While studying at Julian Ashton’s Sydney Art School, he taught lettering there until 1932.  On 19 December 1925 at the Methodist parsonage, Marrickville, he married Muriel Roscoe, with whom he had a son.  They separated in 1933 when Passmore went to England, but they never divorced.
In London Passmore worked at Lintas Pty Ltd (part of Unilever Ltd) as a layout artist in 1933-39 and in 1947-50.    ...  [Displaying 1000 of 5158 characters.]  Artist bio

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