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Ron Hancock

Naturalised Australian born in South Africa in 1928, Ron is a realist impressionist painter in oil and watercolour. His work depicts the unique character associated with a specific area of landscape and has the gift of bringing forth its charm and individuality. A versatile painter, Ron often works on site (en plein air) as well as painting in a studio setting.

Ron studied Fine Art at the University of Cape Town and has also painted with private tutors and students of the Italian painter Annigoni (portrait painter to the Queen). He completed a 6 year lithographic apprenticeship at the Argus Group of Companies in South Africa.

Ron has had a diverse career as Art Director/Owner of the well known Manyung Gallery in Mount Eliza. He has painted theatrical murals in South Africa and for the Moomba Festival in Melbourne.

He has had many solo exhibitions and is represented in private and institutional collections both in Australia and overseas.

A member of Royal Art Society of NSW, Vice President of Old Watercolour Society’s Club 1986-87, Australian Guild of Realist Artists, Victorian Artists Society.

Bibliography: Artist and Galleries of Australia by Max Germaine; Artist and Galleries of Australia and New Zealand; Who’s Who (Australasia). Ron exhibits at Flinders and Sorrento Fine Art Galleries on the Mornington Peninsula.