Poignant, Axel
Variant namesPhotographer and founder of the studios of Realist Artists. Poignant was born in England of Anglo-Swedish descent in 1906. He came to Australia in the 1930s. He produced art catalogues and art books for the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
From the description of Axel and Roslyn Poignant papers, 1922-1975. 1922-1975. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 221769705
Photographer. An extensive bush photographer, he was a member of the Naturalists' Club of Perth, together with naturalist Vincent Serventy and publisher and editor Norman Hall. As a freelance photo journalist, his photographs and films were used by "Life" magazine, the BBC and the "Times."
From the description of Papers. 1940-1952. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 222782635
Poignant was born in England of Anglo-Swedish descent in 1906. He came to Australia in the 1930s.
From the description of Pharmaceutical and genealogical notebook [microform]. 1492-1902. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225811239
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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| referencedIn | Poignant, Roslyn. [Papers relating to publication of Encounter at Nagalarramba]. | Libraries Australia | |
| referencedIn | [Poignant, Axel : photography related ephemera material collected by the National Library of Australia]. | Libraries Australia | |
| referencedIn | James B. Pinker and Son correspondence concerning John Galsworthy, 1901-1946. | Houghton Library | |
| referencedIn | [Axel Poignant : Australian Art and Artists file]. | Libraries Australia | |
| creatorOf | Poignant, Axel, 1906-1986. Pharmaceutical and genealogical notebook [microform]. | Libraries Australia | |
| creatorOf | Poignant, Axel, 1906-1986. Liverpool River notebooks 1952 : with annotations by Roslyn Poignant, 1992. | Libraries Australia | |
| creatorOf | Poignant, Axel, 1906-1986. Papers. | Libraries Australia | |
| creatorOf | Poignant, Axel, 1906-1986. Axel and Roslyn Poignant papers, 1922-1975. | Libraries Australia |
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| correspondedWith | James B. Pinker and Son. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Lamilami, Lazarus, 1908-1977. | person |
| associatedWith | Poignant family. | family |
| associatedWith | Poignant, Roslyn. | person |
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Person
Birth 1906
Death 1986
German,
French,
Swedish
