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SHELDON, Vincent
1895 - 1945

1895, Brisbane – 1945, Brisbane

Vincent Sheldon was primarily known as a printmaker and commercial artist. At the age of 17, his art training began with an American correspondence course in commercial art and design. In 1920, he travelled on his first overseas trip to the United States to further his commercial art studies, and in 1924, Sheldon made a second art-oriented expedition, this time to England; he travelled to England again in 1929. He married in 1940, but increasingly poor health led to his untimely death in 1945. Prior to this, Sheldon concentrated on printmaking and watercolour painting. At the same time, he worked in a munitions foundry to contribute to the war effort.
 

Principal country
Australia QLD
Date of birth
1895
Date of death
1945
Artwork (Swagman boiling a billy) this artwork made of Pencil on buff wove paper on buff wove paper, created in 1943-01-01

(Swagman boiling a billy) c.1943
Artwork (Entrance to Girls' Grammar School, Brisbane) this artwork made of Pencil on wove paper on wove paper, created in 1935-01-01

(Entrance to Girls' Grammar School, Brisbane) c.1935
Artwork (Ploughing a field) this artwork made of Pencil on cream wove paper on cream wove paper, created in 1934-01-01

(Ploughing a field) c.1934
Artwork Study for 'Grape vine, Ruwenzori' this artwork made of Pencil on cream wove paper on cream wove paper, created in 1932-01-01

Study for 'Grape vine, Ruwenzori' c.1932
Artwork (Tower Bridge, London) this artwork made of Watercolour on thick, rough, wove paper, created in 1945-01-01

(Tower Bridge, London) c.1929
Artwork Butterflies this artwork made of Drypoint on off-white, handmade, wove paper, created in 1944-01-01

Butterflies 1944
Artwork Going west this artwork made of Drypoint on handmade wove paper, created in 1943-01-01

Going west 1943
Artwork Landing stage this artwork made of Drypoint on wove paper, created in 1938-01-01

Landing stage 1938
Artwork The wake of the ships this artwork made of Drypoint on cream handmade wove paper, created in 1937-01-01

The wake of the ships 1937
Artwork 'Hunstanton' this artwork made of Drypoint on off-white, handmade, wove paper, created in 1936-01-01

'Hunstanton' 1936
Artwork Sideshow (2) this artwork made of Drypoint on cream wove paper, created in 1936-01-01

Sideshow (2) 1936
Artwork Sideshow (4) this artwork made of Drypoint on cream handmade wove paper, created in 1936-01-01

Sideshow (4) 1936
Artwork Queen Street, Brisbane this artwork made of Drypoint on cream handmade wove paper, created in 1936-01-01

Queen Street, Brisbane 1936
Artwork (Girl sitting on a verge overlooking a beach) this artwork made of Pencil on buff wove paper on buff wove paper, created in 1942-01-01

(Girl sitting on a verge overlooking a beach) c.1942
Artwork (Landscape with a quarry near a river) this artwork made of Pencil on buff wove paper on buff wove paper, created in 1935-01-01

(Landscape with a quarry near a river) c.1935
Artwork Study for 'Peeling potatoes' this artwork made of Pencil on cream brown wove paper, created in 1932-01-01

Study for 'Peeling potatoes' c.1932
Artwork Study for 'Peeling potatoes' this artwork made of Pencil on cream wove paper, created in 1932-01-01

Study for 'Peeling potatoes' c.1932
Artwork Windblown this artwork made of Monotype on cream laid paper, created in 1945-01-01

Windblown c.1929
Artwork Land and sea this artwork made of Drypoint on cream wove paper, created in 1944-01-01

Land and sea 1944
Artwork Resting this artwork made of Drypoint on wove paper, created in 1942-01-01

Resting 1942
Artwork Fishing boat this artwork made of Drypoint on off-white wove paper, created in 1937-01-01

Fishing boat 1937
Artwork The wake of the ships this artwork made of Drypoint with pencil-worked area on thick rough cream handmade wove paper, created in 1937-01-01

The wake of the ships 1937
Artwork 'Hunstanton' this artwork made of Drypoint on wove paper, created in 1936-01-01

'Hunstanton' 1936
Artwork Fig tree, Eagle Street this artwork made of Drypoint on cream wove paper, created in 1936-01-01

Fig tree, Eagle Street 1936
Artwork Sideshow (2) this artwork made of Drypoint on cream wove paper, created in 1936-01-01

Sideshow (2) 1936
Artwork Sideshow (3) this artwork made of Drypoint on cream handmade wove paper, created in 1936-01-01

Sideshow (3) 1936
Artwork (Memorial, Eagle Street, Brisbane) this artwork made of Pencil on buff wove paper on buff wove paper, created in 1931-01-01

(Memorial, Eagle Street, Brisbane) c.1936
Artwork Study for 'All Saints, Wickham Terrace' this artwork made of Pencil on thick cream wove paper on thick cream wove paper, created in 1945-01-01

Study for 'All Saints, Wickham Terrace' c.1935
Artwork Study for 'Peeling potatoes' this artwork made of Pencil on cream wove paper, created in 1932-01-01

Study for 'Peeling potatoes' c.1932
Artwork (Landscape with hills) this artwork made of Watercolour on rough, wove paper, created in 1929-01-01

(Landscape with hills) c.1930
Artwork Beach scene this artwork made of Monotype on buff wove paper, created in 1945-01-01

Beach scene c.1928
Artwork (Old tree with kookaburra to the left) this artwork made of Drypoint on off-white wove paper, created in 1944-01-01

(Old tree with kookaburra to the left) 1944
Artwork Convoy passing this artwork made of Drypoint on wove paper, created in 1942-01-01

Convoy passing 1942
Artwork The wake of the ships this artwork made of Drypoint on cream handmade wove paper, created in 1937-01-01

The wake of the ships 1937
Artwork The wake of the ships this artwork made of Drypoint on cream handmade wove paper, created in 1937-01-01

The wake of the ships 1937
Artwork Scot's Church, Clayfield this artwork made of Drypoint on cream wove paper, created in 1936-01-01

Scot's Church, Clayfield 1936
Artwork Sideshow (1) this artwork made of Drypoint on handmade wove paper, created in 1936-01-01

Sideshow (1) 1936
Artwork Sideshow (3) this artwork made of Drypoint on off-white handmade wove paper, created in 1936-01-01

Sideshow (3) 1936
Artwork (Landscape with house beyond low trees) this artwork made of Pencil on light brown cardboard on light brown cardboard, created in 1936-01-01

(Landscape with house beyond low trees) c.1936
Artwork The lagoon this artwork made of Drypoint on cream wove paper, created in 1945-01-01

The lagoon c.1934
Artwork (Exterior of Brisbane City Hall) this artwork made of Pencil on cream wove paper on cream wove paper, created in 1932-01-01

(Exterior of Brisbane City Hall) c.1932
Artwork (Small house with river in foreground) this artwork made of Watercolour on rough, wove paper on cardboard, created in 1929-01-01

(Small house with river in foreground) c.1929
Artwork Butterflies this artwork made of Drypoint on wove paper, created in 1944-01-01

Butterflies 1944
Artwork Going west this artwork made of Drypoint on wove paper, created in 1943-01-01

Going west 1943
Artwork Newstead this artwork made of Drypoint on cream wove paper, created in 1939-01-01

Newstead 1939
Artwork The wake of the ships this artwork made of Drypoint on cream handmade wove paper, created in 1937-01-01

The wake of the ships 1937
Artwork The wake of the ships this artwork made of Drypoint on cream handmade wove paper, created in 1937-01-01

The wake of the ships 1937
Artwork The pageant ends this artwork made of Drypoint on off-white wove paper, created in 1936-01-01

The pageant ends 1936
Artwork Sideshow (3) this artwork made of Drypoint on off-white wove paper, created in 1936-01-01

Sideshow (3) 1936
Artwork Sideshow (2) this artwork made of Drypoint on off-white, handmade, wove paper, created in 1936-01-01

Sideshow (2) 1936

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