Noel Counihan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Noel Counihan

Australian artist

Date of Birth: 04-Oct-1913

Place of Birth: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Date of Death: 05-Jul-1986

Profession: painter

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Noel Counihan (4 October 1913 – 5 July 1986) was an Australian social realist painter, printmaker, cartoonist and illustrator active in the 1940s and 1950s in Melbourne.
An atheist, communist, and art activist, Counihan made art in response to the politics and social hardships of his times.
He is regarded as one of Australia's major artists of the 20th Century.