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Ronald Clayton Skate (b.1913)

Although Ronald Skate had no formal art training, he studied privately with John Stirlow and Max Meldrum. He worked as a painter, sculptor, and illustrator and designed and produced architectural bas-reliefs. During his extensive overseas travels, he worked as a freelance illustrator for leading magazines in London.

Skate was both a guest lecturer in design at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and a foundation member and president of the Art Directors' Club, Melbourne. He was also a member of the Victorian Artists' Society and the Australian Guild of Realist Artists.

He exhibited in England and Australia.

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