Alice Mills b. 1870 Ballarat, Vic.

  • Artist (Photographer)
Photographer, Melbourne, top ranking commercial photographer, she was frequently published in magazines and produced hundreds of portraits of young World War I soldiers.
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 1995
Name
Alice Mills
Birth date
1870
Birth place
Ballarat, Vic.
Death date
1929
Death place
None
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Photographer)
Residence
  • c.1900- c.1920 Centreway, Collins Street, Melbourne, Vic.
Active Period
  • c.1900- c.1927
Languages
  • English
Training
  • c.1870- c.1900 Emily Florence Kate O'Shaughnessy's photographic studio, Melbourne, Vic.
  • c.1870- c.1900 Henry Johnstone's photographic studio, Melbourne, Vic.
Is Indigenous
No
Initial Record Data Source
  • Heritage: The National Women's Art Book

Commercial photographer born in Ballarat, Victoria. Alice Mills trained in the Melbourne photographic studios of Henry Johnstone and Emily Florence Kate O’Shaughnessy.

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Writers:
DAAO staff writer
Date written:
1995
Last updated:
2011
associate of
Henry James Johnstone
1835
Artist (Photographer), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Muriel Mary Sutherland Binney
1873
Designer (Graphic Designer), Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Painter)
associate of
May Vale
1862
Artist (Painter), Artist
associate of
Tom Roberts
1856
Artist (Photographer), Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Sculptor), Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Annie May and Mina Moore
1881
Artist (Photographer), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Elizabeth Nash Boothby
1890
Artist (Photographer)
associate of
Ruth Hollick
1883
Artist (Photographer)
associate of
Arthur Streeton
1867
Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Emily Florence Kate O'Shaughnessy
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Pegg Clarke
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Mary Grant Bruce
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Una Bourne
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
spouse of
Tom Humphreys
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Tom Humphreys Studio, Melbourne, Vic.
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
Self Portrait
Date
1920
Testimonial to Sir Samuel Gillott, in recognition of valuable services
Date
1911
Portrait of Arthur Streeton
Date
1905
Collections
Citations:
  • Newton, Gael, (1988), Shades of Light, (Place: Canberra, ACT)
  • Hall, Barbara / Mather, Jenni, (1986), Australian Women Photographers 1840-1960, (Place: Richmond, Vic.)
See also:
  • Section 1, plate 19
  • PORTRAIT: Alice Mills, Self Portrait c.1920, gelatin silver print (National Gallery of Australia). Courtesy Barbara Hall.
  • Testimonial to Sir Samuel Gillott, in recognition of valuable services, 1911, 23 photographs on sheet, National Library of Australia PIC R10564.