Elaine Haxton b. 1909 Melbourne

  • Artist (Painter)
  • Designer (Theatre / Film Designer)
  • Artist (Printmaker)
Although best known as a painter, Haxton worked in graphic design, stage design and illustration. She was an exhibitor at the Australian Commercial and Industrial Artists Assocation exhibition at the AWA Bldg, Sydney in December 1940.
Name
Elaine Haxton
Birth date
1909
Birth place
Melbourne
Death date
1999
Death place
None
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
  • Designer (Theatre / Film Designer)
  • Artist (Printmaker)
Residence
  • 1933- 1936 England
  • 1944- 1945 Papua New Guinea, New Guinea?
  • 1945 New York
  • 1948- 1950 London
  • 1950- c.1969 Sydney
  • 1989- 1999 Adelaide
Other Occupation
  • Assistant to sculptor Rayner Hoff 1924
  • Fashion Artist 1925- 1928 David Jones, Sydney, NSW
  • Advertising and design 1933- 1936
Training
  • 1923- 1924 East Sydney Technical College
  • 1925- 1928 East Sydney Technical College
  • 1945 New York School of Theatre Design, New York, United States of America
  • Printmaking, 1965- 1969 Willoughby Art Centre, Sydney, New South Wales
  • 1969 William Hayter print making studio, Paris, France
Is Indigenous
No
Initial Record Data Source
  • Eva Breuer Art Dealer

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Writers:

Michael Bogle
Date written:
2012
Last updated:
2012
spouse of
Richard Cunningham Foot
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
employee of
Rayner Hoff
1894
Artist (Sculptor)
associate of
Alison Rehfisch
1900
Artist
associate of
Russell Drysdale
1912
Artist (Painter), Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Photographer)
associate of
William Dobell
1899
Artist (Painter), Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Family
Date
1957
Medium
Oil on board
20 x 24.5 cm
The great wall of China 240BC
Date
1956
Medium
Ink and watercolour on paper
37 x 47 cm
Harlequin & Birds (verso)
Date
1949
Medium
Oil on board
49 x 39 cm
The kite flyers
Date
1949
Medium
Oil on board
39 x 49 cm
Untitled (landscape with nude bathing)
Date
c.1945
Medium
Oil on board
58.5 x 73 cm

Greenhill Galleries
1990
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Greenhill Galleries, Adelaide, SA
Retrospective
1990
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Hamer Mathew Galleries, Double Bay, NSW, Australia
Second International Contemporary Print Biennale
1972
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Capri, Italy, Italy
Macquarie Galleries
1971
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Macquarie Galleries, Bligh St, Sydney, NSW
Second British International Print Biennale
1971
Exhibition (exhibited at)
London
Art Gallery of NSW
1961
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Art Gallery Of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Royal Institute of Oil Painters
1937
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Royal Institute of Oil Painters
Society of Artists
1926
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Society of Artists
Recognitions
Sulman Prize
1943
Award
Citations:
  • unk, (1 January 1999), Elaine Haxton, (obituary Sydney Morning Herald, 8 July 1999, p.31), Type: article