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Duncan Alexander Macarthur Goldfinch (20 September 1888 – 1960) was a South Australian painter, noted for his watercolors of Central Australia. HistoryDuncan was born in the Sydney suburb of St Marys the eldest son of Elizabeth M. Goldfinch, née King (1867–1933) and her husband Henry Edward Goldfinch (ca.1854 – 7 June 1939), a retired Royal Navy officer. Elizabeth was born at Elizabeth Farm a granddaughter of both Governor King and Hannibal H. Macarthur.[1] He joined Dalgety & Co at age 16 as a junior clerk,[2] and became a salesman for their Ford division.[3] He married in 1911; they lived at Rose Bay and first moved to Adelaide in 1933, but for some years alternated between Rose Bay and Medindie or (later) North Adelaide. He was a keen amateur painter in watercolors. He joined the Royal South Australian Society of Arts and had his first showing, of four watercolors, at a Society exhibition in 1941,[4] and his first one-man show in 1948.[5] He made a painting expedition to Hermannsburg with John Goodchild in 1950,[6] and followed this with an expedition to Uluru (then named Ayers Rock) in 1951; he was the first European artist to paint "The Rock" and the Kata Tjuta (then named Mount Olga). He was accompanied by Con Doecke of Strathalbyn, Dick Woods of Mount Crawford, Noel Bantick of Adelaide, Keith Heggarty of Melbourne, and Dr. Ian Darian Smith. The fruits of his expedition when made public the following year, were well received.[7] He succeeded George Whinnen as president of the Royal South Australian Society of Arts 1950–1953. His Spirit of Sydney was a finalist for the Wynne Prize in 1957. Other activitiesHe was a keen golfer, with the unusual technique (for a right-hander) of putting left-handed.[8] FamilyDuncan married Mary Medora Cowper on 7 March 1911; they had one son, Malcolm (born 6 June 1916) Bibliography
References1. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16993008 |title=Mrs. E. M. Goldfinch |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=22 July 1933 |accessdate=9 February 2015 |page=17 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} {{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Goldfinch, Duncan}}2. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article48914639 |title=Retires After Selling Cars For 46 Years. |newspaper=The Advertiser |location=Adelaide |date=3 October 1953 |accessdate=9 February 2015 |page=4 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} 3. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article130765283 |title=Who's who in motoring. |newspaper=The News |location=Adelaide |date=19 November 1949 |accessdate=9 February 2015 |page=9 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} 4. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article47862676 |title=Autumn Art Exhibition To Open Today. |newspaper=The Advertiser |location=Adelaide |date=24 April 1941 |accessdate=9 February 2015 |page=20 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} 5. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article129909145 |title=First Show by Artist |newspaper=The News |location=Adelaide |date=1 June 1948 |accessdate=9 February 2015 |page=7 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} 6. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article50196025 |title=Artist Returns From N.T. Expedition. |newspaper=The Advertiser |location=Adelaide |date=21 April 1950 |accessdate=9 February 2015 |page=1 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} 7. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article55745556 |title=Ayers Rock in vivid color |newspaper=The Mail |location=Adelaide |date=29 March 1952 |accessdate=9 February 2015 |page=15 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} 8. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article129891182 |title=Always putts left-handed. |newspaper=The News |location=Adelaide |date=23 October 1948 |accessdate=9 February 2015 |page=7 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} 3 : 1888 births|1960 deaths|20th-century Australian painters |
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