{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}} {{Use Australian English|date=June 2020}} '''Anthony Barton (Tony) Underhill''' was an Australian artist born in Sydney in 1923.
== Army career == Underhill joined the Australian Army in 1941. During this time he met William Dobell who taught him art and he completed his training with Dobell at the Sydney Technical College from 1945-46. He was a semi-official War Artist in New Guinea and North Australia from 1942-43.
== Artistry career == He had his first solo show in Melbourne in 1947, then moved to England the following year. He taught at Hornsey and Guildford Colleges of Art and became head of post-graduate painting at Birmingham Polytechnic. His works are held by the Art Gallery of New South Wales.<ref name="AGNSW">{{cite web|url=http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/work/24.2007/|title=untitled abstract |work=Collection: Tony Underhill|publisher=Art Gallery of New South Wales|date=2007|accessdate=20 August 2012}}</ref>
== Death == Underhill died in London on 24 May 1977.<ref name="NGAprints">{{cite web|url=http://www.printsandprintmaking.gov.au/catalogues/artist/4490/tony-underhill.aspx|title=Underhill, Tony|work=Prings and printmaking Australia Asia Pacific|publisher=National Gallery of Australia|accessdate=20 August 2012}}</ref>
== Oral history == Underhill was interviewed in 1965 by Hal Missingham about his life and career as an artist. The recording can be found at the National Library of Australia.<ref>Underhill, T.; Missingham, H. (interviewer) (1965). ''[https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/1755785 <nowiki>Tony Underhill interviewed by Hal Missingham in the Hazel de Berg collection [sound recording]</nowiki>],'' National Library of Australia, Retrieved 20 Australia 2026.</ref>
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