Constance Stokes b. 1906

Also known as Constance Parkin
  • Artist
Stokes' art shows her interest in the human form, in particular the female figure. Her powerful nude female studies are beyond the erotic or decorative, rather they portray her perception of the alienation and isolation of women.
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 1995
Name
Constance Stokes
Also known as Constance Parkin
Birth date
1906
Death date
1991
Death place
None
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist
Residence
  • Paris, France
  • London, England, UK
  • Melbourne, Vic.
Active Period
  • 1964
  • c.1940
  • 1929- 1933
Languages
  • English
Training
  • c.1929- c.1933 Royal Academy, London, England, UK
  • National Gallery School, Melbourne, Vic.
Is Indigenous
No
Initial Record Data Source
  • Heritage: The National Women's Art Book

painter, was born into an upper middle class family at Miram Piram in Victoria’s Wimmera district, daughter of James Henry Parkin and Mary Jane, née Martin.

This entry is a stub. You can help DAAO by submitting a biography.

Writers:
Staff Writer Note: Heritage biography.
Date written:
1995
Last updated:
2011
associate of
L. Bernard Hall
1859
Artist (Painter)
associate of
George Bell
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
André Lhôte
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Walter Russell
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
William Monnington
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Sybil Mary Frances Craig
1901
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Constance Lillian Jenkins
1883
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Jessie Mackintosh
1892
Artist (Photographer), Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Eilean Pearcey
Artist (Draughtsman)
associate of
Contemporary Art Society, VIC
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Melbourne Contemporary Artists, VIC
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
George Bell Group, VIC
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
Rehearsal
Woman drying her hair
None
Courtesy of: Eva Breuer Art Dealer
Woman in a Hat
Medium
Oil on canvas on board
72 x 55 cm
Green Gum Nuts
Date
1933
Melbourne Contemporary Artists
None
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Melbourne, Vic.
Contemporary Art Society
None
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Melbourne, Vic.
July 1947
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Athenaeum Gallery, Melbourne, Vic.
George Bell Group
1945
Exhibition ()
Melbourne, Vic
1942
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Carnegie Institute, PA, USA
24 October 1933- 4 October 1933
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Decoration Gallery, Melbourne, Vic.
Recognitions
National Gallery of Victoria's travelling scholarship
1929
Award
Citations:
  • 'Constance Stokes', (Place: Canberra, ACT : Hazel de Berg tape, National Library of Australia oral history project)
  • Pascoe, Joseph, (1985), Constance Stokes Retrospective Exhibition, (Place: Swan Hill, Vic : Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery (catalogue))
  • McCulloch, Alan/ McCulloch, Susan, (1994), The Encyclopedia of Australian Art, (Place: St Leonards, NSW)
  • Lofthouse, Andrea; & Smith, Vivienne, (1982), Who's Who of Australian Women 1982, (Place: North Ryde, NSW (with artist's statement))
  • Germaine, Max, (1991), A Dictionary of Women Artists of Australia, (Place: Roseville East, NSW)
  • Burke, Janine, (1980), Australian Women Artists 1840-1940, (Place: Collingwood, Vic.)
  • Ambrus, Caroline, (1984), The Ladies' Picture Show, (Place: Sydney, NSW)
See also:
  • Section 10, plate 441