Clifton Pugh, AO, (December 17, 1924 - October 14, 1990) was an Australian artist, who won the Archibald Prize three times, and an Order of Australia medal in 1985. A pioneering environmental activist, he was known for his landscapes, and also for portraiture. He was a member of the Antipodeans Group, who protested against Abstract Expressionism. Insignia of a Companion of the Order of Australia. ... December 17 is the 351st day of the year (352nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 287th day of the year (288th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... Marcus Willss winning painting in 2006, The Paul Juraszek Monolith, was based on this print by an earlier Marcus, Marcus Gheeraerts The Archibald Prize is regarded as the most important portraiture prize, and is the most prominent of all arts prizes, in Australia. ... Insignia of a Companion of the Order of Australia. ... Environmentalism is activism aimed at improving the environment, particularly nature. ... The Antipodeans were a group of Australian figurative artists who published a manifesto in protest against abstract expressionism and its intolerance of figurative art in the late 1950s. ... Jackson Pollock, No. ...

He was born in Melbourne, and served with the AIF in New Guinea and Japan 1943-1947. He was married three times: to June Byford, Marlene Harvey and Judith Ley. The City of Melbournes coat of arms The central business district of Melbourne, viewed from the north Alternate meanings: Melbourne (disambiguation) Melbourne is the capital and largest city of the state of Victoria, and the second largest city in Australia, with a population of 52,117 in the Central... The Australian Imperial Force (AIF) was the name given to two all-volunteer Australian Army forces dispatched to fight overseas during World War I and World War II. First Australian Imperial Force (1914-18) Second Australian Imperial Force (1939-45) Following the Federation of Australia in 1901, Australia had a...

In 1951 he started buying up former farming land at Cottles Bridge near the town of Hurstbridge, north of Melbourne, and built a small shack out of natural materials scavenged from the area. After a time he moved his family into the rudimentary dwelling and decided to attempt to live in harmony with nature. Pugh became committed to seeing the Australian bush rejuvenate in the surrounding land, buying up further paddocks, pulling down fences, uprooting exotic plants and weeds, and starting a wild animal shelter. The close observation of the nature and its cyclical rhythms became a key theme in Pugh's paintings from this time, leading to his later being recognised as a pioneer in environmental art. Cottles Bridge is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Hurstbridge is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Melbourne (pronounced ) is the second most populous city in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 3. ... Nef pour quatorze reines by Rose-Marie Goulet, a memorial to the École Polytechnique Massacre, featuring sculptural elements integrated into a specially landscaped site Site specific art, also environmental art, is artwork created to exist in a certain place. ...

Several artist friends decided to join him, purchasing adjacent waste land and building their own mud-brick dwellings. In 1953 they founded an artists' co-operative, the Dunmoochin Artists Society (based on Pugh's joke that they had 'done with moochin around'). Pugh and his friends also started local conservation and environmental groups, and became renouned as green activists in the Hurstbridge region. In 1989 Pugh set up the Dunmoochin Foundation which provided residences for artists at the property. An environment is a complex of external factors that acts on a system and determines its course and form of existence. ... Hurstbridge is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ...

In 1966 he had a one man show at the Artists' Guild Gallery in St Louis in the United States. He later had other one man shows in London (1975 and 1976) and Tel Aviv (1979), as well as many in Australian cities, including Sydney, Melbourne and Perth. The Gateway Arch, shown here behind the Old Courthouse, is the most recognizable part of the St. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Tel-Aviv was founded on empty dunes north of the existing city of Jaffa. ...

In 1990 he was named the Australian War Memorial's official artist at the 75th anniversary of the Gallipoli landing. The Australian War Memorial is Australias national memorial to the members of all its armed forces and supporting organizations who have died in the wars of the Commonwealth of Australia. ... Gallipoli peninsula (Turkish: ) is located in Turkish Thrace, the European part of Turkey, with the Aegean Sea to the west and the Dardanelles straits to the east. ...

After Gough Whitlam was dismissed, he refused to sit for an official portrait and said that Clifton Pugh's 1972 portrait should be used instead. It is now the official portrait hanging at New Parliament House in Canberra. Parliament House Canberra: The main entrance and the flag Parliament House is the name given to two purpose-built buildings in Canberra, the capital of Australia, where the Parliament of Australia has met since 1927. ... For other uses, see Canberra (disambiguation). ...

Pugh's Archibald Prize winning work was:

• 1965 - R A Henderson
• 1971 - Sir John McEwen
• 1972 - The Hon E G Whitlam

One of his best known paintings was The Death of a Wombat (1972) which was related to the radio feature of Ivan Smiths. Sir John McEwen (March 29, 1900 - November 20, 1980), Australian politician and 18th Prime Minister of Australia, was born at Chiltern, Victoria, where his father was a pharmacist. ... Edward Gough Whitlam, AC, QC (born 11 July 1916), known as Gough Whitlam (, pronounced Goff), is an Australian former politician and 21st Prime Minister of Australia. ... Genera and Species Vombatus Vombatus ursinus Lasiorhinus Lasiorhinus latifrons Lasiorhinus krefftii †Rhizophascolomus †Phascolonus †Warendja †Ramasayia Wombats are Australian marsupials; they are short-legged, muscular quadrupeds, approximately one metre (3 feet) in length with a very short tail. ...

He had a close association with Labor Party figures . This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ...

The following films were made about him:

• Painting People (Commonwealth Film Unit)
• Bird and Animal (Eltham Films)
• Four Painters (ATV Channel 0, Melbourne)
• See It My Way (ABC Channel 2, Sydney)
• The Diamantina ( De Montignie Media Productions)
• A Fragile Country

External links

• biography
• Papers of Clifton Pugh
• Dunmoochin Foundation
• Clifton Pugh in National Gallery of Australia