Eliza Jeanette Sheldon b. 1885 Williamstown, Melbourne, Victoria

Also known as Jeanette Sheldon
  • Artist (Painter)
Art dealer, Eliza Jeanette Sheldon and her artist brother, Edwin Arthur Vincent, lived in Brisbane, Queensland. She owned the Sheldon Gallery (1921-23) and the Gainsborough Gallery (1928-39) and actively promoted modern art in Queensland.
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 1999
Name
Eliza Jeanette Sheldon
Also known as Jeanette Sheldon
Birth date
24 May 1885
Birth place
Williamstown, Melbourne, Victoria
Death date
30 July 1974
Death place
Southport, Queensland
Burial place
Toowong Cemetery, Queensland
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Residence
  • 1952- 1974 Broadbeach, Queensland
  • 1948- 1952 Brisbane, Queensland
  • 1944- 1948 Melbourne, Victoria
  • 1890- 1944 Brisbane, Queensland
Other Occupation
  • artist
  • gallery owner
  • art dealer
Active Period
  • c.1909- c.1960
Languages
  • English
Training
  • Brisbane Technical College, Queensland
Is Indigenous
No
Initial Record Data Source
  • Legacy data. Source 'unknown'

Art dealer, sister of artist Arthur Vincent (Vincent) Sheldon (1895-1945), who both lived in Brisbane.

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Writers:
Staff Writer
Date written:
1999
Last updated:
2011
associate of
Vida Lahey
1882
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Lionel Lindsay
1874
Artist (Photographer), Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Gwendolyn Grant
1877
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Lloyd Rees
1895
Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Painter), Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
associate of
Jessie Woodroffe
1897
Artist (Ceramist)
sibling of
Vincent Edwin Arthur Vincent Sheldon
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
child of
Edwin Arthur Sheldon
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
child of
née Fisher Phoebe Emily Sheldon
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Florence Thorne Lake
1873
Artist (Painter)
associate of
[Royal] Queensland Art Society
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Sheldon Gallery (1921/1923)
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Gainsborough Gallery (1928/1939)
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
(Royal) Queensland Art Society (1923/1960)
None
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Brisbane, Queensland
(Royal) National Agricultural and Industrial Association of Queensland (1909/1919)
None
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Brisbane, Queensland
Citations:
  • Bradbury, Keith, (2002), 'Sheldon, Eliza Jeanettie (1885 - 1974)', (Place: Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol 16, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, Victoria, pp 227-228)