Ernest Buckmaster | |
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| Born | 3 July 1897 |
| Died | 18 October 1968 Warrandyte, Melbourne (71 years) |
| Resting place | Lilydale, cemetery |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Style | Realist |
| Spouse(s) | Dorothy Laura Cook (1936–38); Florence Botting (1939–68) |
| Awards | The Archibald Prize (1932); the National Gallery of Victoria award (1941); the Albury prize (1950, 1963) |
| Patron(s) | Cyril Steele |
Ernest William Buckmaster (1897–1968) was an Australian artist born in Victoria. He won the Archibald Prize in 1932 with a portrait of Sir William Irvine. He also served as an Australian war artist during World War II.
Although an accomplished painter of portraits and still life subjects, he is best known for his landscapes; a follower of the Heidelberg School.[1] Those he generally painted en plein air rather than from photographs.