Agency:
Frank Thistleton Reay Dean
Agency Number:
Start Date:
12 Mar 1904
End Date:
10 May 1978
Description:
Frank Thistleton Reay Dean (known as Reay) Dean was born 13/3/1904, at Macquarie Plains, Tasmania to Miriam Margaret Bramich (1882-1962) and Frank Barkley Dean (1874-c.1920). Reay Dean lived in Hamilton Street, Latrobe, enlisted in World War 2 and studied art by correspondence in the late 1920s He later did further study at the Devonport Technical School and in 1967 was awarded a Fine Arts Certificate from the Tasmanian School of Art. Reay married Vera Goodwin (1906-1993) in 1928. Reay Dean held exhibitions at Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery 1975 - 1977, Coastal Art Group 1955 - 58, 1960 - 1961, and the Tasmanian Adult Education Board 1963 - 1964. Reay and Vera had two children, Judith Anne (b.1934) and Adrian Barclay (b.1931). Reay passed away 10/5/1978.
Information Sources:
Examiner 7 Jan 1969 p3 "Ambition Achieved". S.E.E. 20 Nov 1971 p10 "68 and filled with the spirit of youth". Advocate 1 Jul 1972 p10 "Local Artist has Exhibtion".
Related Agencies:
William Goodwin and Family (NG3720) | 01 Jan 1824 |
Adrian and Claudia Dean (NG602) | 01 Jan 1929 | 29 Jan 2023 |
Series Created By Agency:
NS3145 Certificates | 01 Nov 1917 | 20 Dec 1967 |
NS3148 Artwork by Miriam Dean | 01 Jan 1920 | 31 Dec 1920 |
NS3138 Work Completed by R. Dean As Part of his Studies | 01 Jan 1928 | 31 Dec 1970 |
NS3149 Art Work by John Dean | 01 Jan 1950 | 31 Dec 1960 |
NS3150 Artwork by Adrian Dean | 01 Jan 1950 | 31 Dec 1960 |
NS1950 Paintings, Drawings and Sketches by Reay Dean | 01 Jan 1954 | 31 Dec 1972 |
NS3131 Diary of R Dean | 01 Jan 1955 | 31 Dec 1964 |
NS3146 Correspondence and associated Papers | 01 Jan 1955 | 31 Dec 1976 |
NS1059 Personal Papers and Diaries | 01 Jan 1958 | 31 Dec 1978 |
NS3132 Paintings, Drawings and Sketches by Judy Jacques (Nee Dean) | 01 Jan 1960 | 31 Dec 1962 |
NS3147 Rough Drawings for Wooden Items Such As Fruit Bowls, Church Plates, Candle Sticks, Gravel, Coats of Arms | 01 Jan 1970 | 31 Dec 1970 |