Cedric Emanuel

Cedric Raymond Emanuel (1906–1995) was a New Zealand born Australian representational painter, illustrator and printmaker. Speaking at the 1995 Retrospectives exhibition of Emanuel's works, New South Wales Governor Rear-Admiral Peter Sinclair pointed to the artist's speciality in drawing and painting "scenes of yesteryear, and of buildings and locations that are national heritage items". He was an important Australian visual historian, "for almost seventy years" sketching and painting the "rapidly changing scenes of Australia from the outback to the inner suburbs of Sydney".

Early life and education Emanuel was born on 1 July 1906 in Gisborne, New Zealand.

In the postwar decades Emanuel worked primarily as a freelancer, creating "sketches in watercolour or ink depicting various aspects of Australia". He exhibited in most Australian states over the years, including at the Holdsworth Galleries, Sydney in 1988. In 1995 there was a retrospective exhibition of his work at the Sydney Jewish Museum.

Holdings of his work Examples of his work are held in the National Gallery of Australia, the State Galleries of New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland and South Australia, and the Australian National University In New South Wales examples are also held by the Newcastle Art Gallery, the Mitchell Library, a number of local council libraries and in a number of private collections. For example, for the centenary of Captain Cook's arrival in Botany Bay Emanuel himself published a limited edition of a collection of relevant black and white drawing in a volume Historic Sydney 1970; the 930/1000 copy is held in the State Library of NSW.

Personal life Cedric Emanuel married Bella "Billie" Oppenheim in 1938 and they had two children, Janese and rugby international David.

He died in Sydney on 1 March 1995.