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Noel Counihan
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<p>Noel Jack Counihan (4 October 1913 – 5 July 1986) was an Australian <a href="/facts/Social_realism/LPCpR7l9">social realist</a> <a href="/facts/Painting/ygQ47K3b">painter</a>, <a href="/facts/Printmaker/9maDzuae">printmaker</a>, <a href="/facts/Cartoonist/cHa7rV0F">cartoonist</a> and <a href="/facts/Illustrator/6c7vjXyA">illustrator</a> active in the 1940s and 1950s in <a href="/facts/Melbourne/EHY9YxI0">Melbourne</a>. An atheist, communist, and art activist, Counihan made art in response to the politics and social hardships of his times. He is regarded as one of Australia's major artists of the 20th century. </p>