Education
During this time he met William Dobell who taught him art and he completed his training with Dobell at the Sydney Technical College from 1945-1946.
During this time he met William Dobell who taught him art and he completed his training with Dobell at the Sydney Technical College from 1945-1946.
Underhill joined the Australian Army in 1941. He was a semi-official War Artist in New Guinea and North Australia from 1942-1943. He had his first solo show in Melbourne in 1947, then moved to England the following year.
He taught at Hornsey and Guildford Colleges of Art and became head of post-graduate painting at Birmingham Polytechnic.
Underhill died in London on 24 May 1977.