Centre for Australian Art

Australian Prints + Printmaking

Charles Doutney

Name

Charles Doutney

Other names

Doutney, Charles Post.

Culture

Australian

Gender

Male

Birth date

19 June 1908

Birth place

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia View on map Close map

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Death date

19 July 1957

Death Place

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Occupations

Artist (painter) | Printmaker

Summary

Worked: Australia (NSW, VIC). Etchings, Monotypes

NGA IRN

13434

Context

Australia

Biography

Charles Doutney studied at the J.S. Watkins Art School, Sydney, in the 1930s. Following war service in the RAAF he studied at East Sydney Technical College’s annexe at Strathfield from c1945. His fellow students included Jon Molvig, Stan de Teliga and John Coburn. In 1952 he won the Sulman Prize. Doutney had his first one-man show at Sydney’s Macquarie Gallery in 1955. He exhibited paintings, etchings and monotypes in Melbourne from 1957.

Gregory Heath and Roger Butler, Australian artist-printmakers 1870-1970. Canberra, 26 November 2025.

Last Updated

25 Nov 2025