Lloyd Rees was a painter and draughtsman
and was born in Brisbane in 1895 and studied under Godfrey Rivers
at the Brisbane Technical College, and the Chelsea Polytechnic
in London. In 1917 Sidney Ure-Smith invited him to join Smith
and Julius' commercial art studio in Sydney. He had a strong interest
in architecture and became Dean of Architecture at Sydney University
where he lectured in Art History between 1946 and 1970. Rees held
exhibitions with many of Australia's leading galleries, including
the Macquarie Galleries in Sydney from 1931-1983. Large retrospectives
were mounted by the Art Gallery of NSW and the University of Melbourne.
Prizes include a Silver Medal, Paris Exposition 1937, Godfrey
Rivers Prize 1941, Wynne Prize 1950, Commonwealth Jubilee Art
Prize 1951 and the Dunlop Prize 1954. He was awarded an Honorary
Doctorate of Letters from Sydney University in 1970 and the CMG
in 1977, Companion of the Order of Australia 1985, and Medaille
de la Ville de Paris 1987.
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