Ivor Hele
Sir Ivor Henry Thomas Hele, CBE (13 June 1912 – 2 December 1993) was an Australian artist noted for portraiture. He was Australia's longest serving war artist and completed more commissioned works than any other in the history of Australian art.
History
Hele was born in Edwardstown, South Australia, the youngest of four children of Arthur Hele and his wife Ethel May Hele, née Thomas, later moving to 13 Brown Street (now part of Morphett Street), Adelaide. He attended Westbourne Park Primary School for a short time, then Prince Alfred College, where at age eight he began art classes under James Ashton, the drawing master. In 1923 his painting "The Bedouin" was a prize winner at a London exhibition. In 1924 he started studies at the South Australian School of Arts and Crafts under Miss M. Kelly and completed his first year with honours. He was awarded three first class certificates at the Royal Drawing Society's Art Exhibition in 1924, and Princess Louise's Prize at their exhibition the following year. In 1926 he was admitted to the South Australian Society of Arts, their youngest member. Apart from his art studies (three nights a week and on Saturdays), he had a normal boy's interest in sport, and satisfactory academic results.
Podcasts:
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Over You All
by: Tanita TikaramWell (Lou is) alright hanging out in the wind
He really just wanted to fly
And I'm alright doing the same again
You all understand I was shy
And all the palm-readers have my natural resistance
That was a bonus for you
If I told you I loved you, yeh you know I was lying
I was just trying one over you
And all the paper elephants in the paper in the school
They always used to make me laugh
Now teacher said "you're learning"
But I knew I was inside burning
But these weren't tears for the craft
And if you want to pretend you can help me any better
You just got to let me fall
Cos somewhere in a corner I know its alright
I'm going to get over you all
And I'm over you all
Well God knows that's one to the competition
Over you all
Well God knows our lives take strange positions
Well the angriest attitude don't fly so hot
You play by the water and drink such a lot
But I knew the reason to hang down my head
It's better, I think, I just lie on the bed
And sometimes it hurts but the hurting's not good
It just makes you feel like a fool
So somewhere along I can go (doing a throng)
Any say I can do without you
And I'm over you all
Well God knows that's one to the competition
Over you all
Well God knows our lives take strange positions
Somewhere inside
A laughter in here has died
Won't you come out to play, I know you played before boy
I know you played before
Well I'm tingling to your talking 'till I'm mud in your hands
You know (I) have no power so the statement's kind of grand
You say "I can save the world, yes I can solve your mind"
Baby don't you tell me (?) blind in my mind's eye
And I'm over you all
Well God knows that's one to the competition
Over you all