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Life Summary

Name	Herbert McClintock
Alternative Names	Max Erbert
Born	20 November, 1906 Subiaco, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Died	16 April, 1985 (aged 78) St Leonards, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	liver dysfunction
Related Entries	[View as tree] Ophel, Kathleen Phyllis (friend) Counihan, Noel Jack (friend) Dobell, William (work colleague) Vike, Harald (colleague) Thake, Eric Prentice Anchor (acquaintance) Hawkins, Sheila Margaret (acquaintance) Prichard, Katharine Susannah (associate) Waten, Judah Leon (associate) Hall, Lindsay Bernard (teacher) Bell, George Frederick Henry (teacher) McInnes, William Beckwith (teacher)
Education *	National Gallery art school (Melbourne) (student, 1922-1927) National Gallery art school (Melbourne) (student, 1929-?)
Occupation or Descriptor *	engraver (1919-1927) Victoria, Australia illustrator (1927-1934) Victoria, Australia painter (1927-1934) Victoria, Australia political cartoonist (1927-1934) Victoria, Australia surrealist artist (1927-1934) Victoria, Australia communist (1929-1934) Victoria, Australia commercial artist (1934-1940) Western Australia, Australia communist (1934-1940) Western Australia, Australia communist (1940-1985) New South Wales, Australia political cartoonist (1940-1980) New South Wales, Australia war artist (1943-1945) Federal, Australia realist artist (1945-1980) New South Wales, Australia
Key Organisations *	Contemporary Art Society of Australia (NSW) (member, ?-?) Studio of Realist Art (Sydney) (member, ?-?)
Political Activism *	Communist Party (Vic) (member, 1929-1934) Communist Party (WA) (member, 1934-1940) Communist Party (NSW) (member, 1940-?)
Workplaces *	Common Cause (Sydney) newspaper (cartoonist, ?-?) Tribune (Sydney) newspaper (cartoonist, ?-?) Sydney Morning Herald (newspaper) (employee, 1927-1929) Daily News (Perth) newspaper (employee, 1934-1940) Allied Works Council (employee, 1940-1943)

* Dates are approximate