JOHN SANTRY Terence John Santry was born in 1910 and he died in 1990. He studied at the Royal Art Society in Sydney under Anthony Dattilo Rubbo and Sydney Long. He also studies under Fred Leist and Jack Carrington Smith. Throughout the 1930s Santry worked as an illustrator and cartoonist with the Daily Telegraph, Labour Daily and the Women’s Weekly. Lloyd Rees remembered his friendship with Santry and Rowland Wakelin in his autobiography, as,‘one that encompasses a love of art and cricket, and a working relationship which continued over fifty years’ Of Santry’s paintings, Rees said, ‘Santry’s paintings express the humility of a soul without ego.’ Santry studied at the Westminster School, England, in 1937. He returned to Australia in 1939, where he continued cartooning and commercial art work. In that same year Santry began to establish himself as a painter. After World War 11, Santry was the founding member of the Northwood group. A group of artists painted in and around the Waverton area of Sydney. The group included Lloyd Rees, George Lawence, Wakelin and Santry’s first wife, Maria Santry. Throughout the 1950s and 60s, Santry took a succession of teaching roles at institutions including Sydney University, East Sydney Technical College and the University of New South Wales. The 50s were a time of great success for Santry and he won a number of regional awards and prizes. John Santry’s works are in the collections of the State galleries of Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria. He is represented in Regional Galleries including Bendigo and Swan Hill Regional Art Galleries Victoria. Santry’s works where gifted to the Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery by the Artist and the Melbourne Art Exchange, Collie Holst Collection, 1987. Further information: Newspaper Clippings