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George Washington Thomas Lambert ( 1873 – May 28 , 1930 ) was an Australian artist, known principally for Portrait Painting s and as a War Artist during the First World War . Born in St Petersburg , Russia , Lambert arrived in Australia in 1887 and exhibited his first picture at the Royal Art Society in 1894 . He began painting full time in 1896 . In 1899 he won the Wynne Prize with ''Across the Blacksoil Plains''. Studied at Academie Julian in Sydney until 1900 . He won a travelling scholarship for 150 Pounds from the Government Of New South Wales . He spent a year in Paris before moving to London where he exhibited at the Royal Academy . He was awarded a silver medal at an international exhibition for his painting ''The Sonnet'' in Barcelona in 1911 . He was most known during this time as a portrait artist. Became an official Australian war artist in 1917 during the First World War. His painting ''Anzac, the landing 1915'' of the landings on the Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey , is the largest painting at the Australian War Memorial collection. He travelled to Gallipoli in 1919 to make sketches for the painting. He returned to Australia in 1921 , where he had success in Melbourne with a one man show at Fine Art Society gallery. He was elected an associate of the Royal Academy in 1922 . In 1927 he won the Archibald Prize , Australia's most prestigious art prize for portraiture, with his work titled ''Mrs Murdoch''. He died on May 28 , 1930 . George Lambert was the father of Constant Lambert , the British Composer and Conductor , born in London in 1905 . EXTERNAL LINKS |
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