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The celebrated Australian Artist Russell Drysdale (1912-1981)

He produced some nice work, this is just a sample:

According to wikipedia - George Russell Drysdale was born in Bognor Regis, Sussex, England, to an Anglo-Australian pastoralist family, which settled in Melbourne, Australia in 1923.

He was married twice, and had a son, Tim, and a daughter, Lynne. As an 11 year-old, Tim co-starred in the film Wherever She Goes, on the life of Eileen Joyce, the Tasmanian born pianist, playing the part of Eileen's brother. Tim took his own life in 1962, aged twenty one, and the following year, Drysdale's wife Bonnie also committed suicide. In 1964 Drysdale married Maisie Purves Smith, an old friend.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Drysdale

Apart from the Wikipedia entries his origins may be traced back to a branch of the illustrious 'Fife Drysdales' - the family line started by Rev John Drysdale (1681-1726), Minister at Kirkcaldy and which contained many distinguished and notable people.

https://douglashistory.ning.com/group/drysdale-archives/page/fife-f...

The highest price recorded for the artist is $2,976,000 for a work called Grandma's Sunday Walk

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Permalink Reply by Ronald Drysdale on July 11, 2025 at 1:14

With thanks to Russell Drysdale for this link to a dedicated page on Sir George Russell Drysdale:

https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/drysdale-sir-george-russell-12439

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