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Annand, Douglas Shenton, 1903-1976
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1903-1976
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Douglas Annand was born in Toowoomba, Queensland in 1903 and died Sydney 1976. He was a painter, muralist, illustrator and graphic designer. In 1932 he won a poster competition to celebrate the opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. He was awarded the Sulman Prize for murals in 1941, 1947 and 1951. During World War II, he travelled Australia as part of a camouflage unit and recorded what he saw in watercolours and pen drawings. He is best remembered for his many mural commissions.
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US DLC nr2003031589
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Revised, AM, 27-Apr-2020.
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Bettina MacAulay, 'Annand, Douglas Shenton (1903–1976)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, accessed online 27 April 2020.