Paul Haefliger (8 February 1914 – March 1982) was an abstract painter, art critic, writer and printmaker.
[1] In 1944 he was called as a witness for the defence in the court case arising from the controversial William Dobell entry[8] in the Archibald Prize Competition in 1943.
[7] Haefliger was a foundation member of the "Sydney Group of Artists" in 1945 and coined the name "Charm School" in a review of the work of Jocelyn Rickards in October 1948.
Titled 'Artist Relies on Charm', Haefliger's review states that Rickard's work "certainly belongs to the charm-school and, as a substitute, it will carry this young artist quite a distance".
[9] Haefliger's only book was Duet for Dulcimer and Dunce, published in 1979 at his own expense, three years before he died.