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Gert
Sellheim (1901-1970)
Gert
Sellheim was born in Estonia and studied architecture in Berlin,
Munich and Graz. He migrated to Australia in 1926 and spent two
years working as a farm labourer before his architectural qualifications
were recognised .
Sellheim
moved to Melbourne in 1930, and began designing posters the next
year. His design for the interior decoration of the Victorian Government
Tourist Bureau won the Sulman Prize in 1939.
During
1943, Sellheim was interned for three months because of his German
citizenship. After his release and a brief period spent living in
Adelaide, he settled in Sydney, where graphic design was becoming
increasingly important.
Sellheim
designed the famous flying kangaroo symbol for Qantas as well as
the two-shilling 'Aboriginal Art' stamp in 1948. He was also the
correspondence teacher for poster design at the Art Training Institute,
Melbourne.
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