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Estonian-born Sellheim studied architecture in Germany and Austria before migrating to Australia in 1926....

Gert Sellheim was born to German parents in Estonia, at that time part of the Russian Empire.

Traditional motifs also influenced the designs of the era; in an Australian tourism ad by the artist Gert Sellheim, an émigré from Eastern.

Estonian-born Sellheim studied architecture in Germany and Austria before migrating to Australia in 1926.

Sellheim, an award-winning German-Australian artist, was responsible for designing the now iconic Qantas Airlines flying kangaroo logo, and his.

Gert Sellheim (1901 - 1970), The Seaside: Travel By Train, colour process lithograph, c1930s, signed in image at right, Victorian Railways.

Gert Sellheim

Australian - German, 1901 - 1970

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BiographyEstonian born Gert Sellheim studied architecture in Berlin, Munich and Gratz before travelling to London in the 1920s.

He migrated to Australia with his friend Rembert Von Samson Himmelstejrna arriving in Fremantle, Western Australia in January 1926. After a year of labouring work in rural WA he gained employment as a site architect at the University of Western Australia.

In 1930 Sellheim moved to Melbourne where he set up his own architectural practice and began designing and exhibiting posters.

In the mid 1930s Sellheim collaborated with Oswald Leopold Ziegler, an Australia publisher who specialised in semi-official publications of a commemorative nature.

Estonian-born Sellheim studied architecture in Germany and Austria before migrating to Australia in 1926.

This working relationship was to last until Sellheim's death in 1970.

Sellheim's designs were unusual for the times. With bold use of photomontage, drawings and the juxtaposition of hand-lettering and commercial type text they were at the cutting e