D. E. Mavis Mallison

  • Artist (Sculptor)
Female sculptor from Tasmania, who taught while studying art, eventually moving to, and exhibiting in Sydney.
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 1999
Name
D. E. Mavis Mallison
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Sculptor)
Residence
  • c.1929- c.1971 Sydney, NSW
  • c.1919- c.1928 Hobart, Tas.
Other Occupation
  • Art teacher
Active Period
  • c.1919- c.1971
Languages
  • English
Training
  • c.1929 East Sydney Technical College, Sydney, NSW
  • Graduates in 'Art Graphic'., c.1923- c.1928 Hobart Technical College, Hobart, Tas.
  • c.1919- c.1920 Hobart Technical College, Hobart, Tas.
Is Indigenous
No
Initial Record Data Source
  • Legacy data. Source 'unknown'

Sculptor and art teacher, studied at the Hobart Technical College under Lucien Dechaineux in 1919-20 and 1923-25 while teaching with the Tasmanian Education Department, graduating in 'Art Graphic’ in 1928. She moved to Sydney and studied at East Sydney Technical College under Rayner Hoff, who taught there 1929-38. In 1932 she exhibited with the Society of Women Painters in Sydney and had work included in the 'Portia Geach Memorial Award’ in the Department of Education’s Sydney Gallery in 1971.

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Writers:
Staff Writer
Date written:
1999
Last updated:
2011
associate of
Rayner Hoff
1894
Artist (Sculptor)
associate of
Lucien Dechaineux
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Joan Morrison
1911
Artist (Painter), Artist (Sculptor), Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
associate of
Coral White
Artist (Sculptor), Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
associate of
Society of Women Painters
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Tasmanian Education Department
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
Portia Geach Memorial Award
1971
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Department of Education's Sydney Gallery, NSW
Society of Women Painters
1932
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Sydney, NSW
Citations:
  • (26 May 1932), Pigment, (Place: Illustrated Tasmanian Mail, Hobart, Tas., (cited by Backhouse, Sue))
  • (26 May 1932), Art, (Place: Illustrated Tasmanian Mail, Hobart, Tas., (cited by Backhouse, Sue))
  • Backhouse, Sue, (1988), Tasmanian Artists of the 20th century, (Place: Hobart, Tas.)