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Name	George Frederick Henry Bell
Born	1 December, 1878 Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died	22 October, 1966 (aged 87) Toorak, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Religious Influence	Congregational Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.
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Occupation or Descriptor *	violinist (1895-1903) Victoria, Australia portraitist (1903-1914) Overseas war artist (1918-1919) Federal, Australia art teacher (1920-1966) Victoria, Australia painter (1920-1966) Victoria, Australia portraitist (1920-1966) Victoria, Australia art critic (1923-1950) Victoria, Australia

* Dates are approximate