Elizabeth Ursula Rooney b. 1929 Sydney, New South Wales

Also known as Elizabeth Rooney
  • Artist (Printmaker) , (Painter)
Painter and etcher Elizabeth Ursula Rooney helped set up Joy Ewart's Workshop Art Centre at Willoughby. She studied etching under Herbert Gallop.
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 1996
Name
Elizabeth Ursula Rooney
Also known as Elizabeth Rooney
Birth date
1929
Birth place
Sydney, New South Wales
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Painter)
Active Period
  • 1949- 1988
Languages
  • English
Training
  • c.1949 East Sydney Technical College, Darlinghurst, New South Wales
Is Indigenous
No
Initial Record Data Source
  • Black and white artists

painter and etcher, was born in Sydney. She studied at East Sydney Technical College until 1949, including etching under Herbert Gallop. However, she did not begin exhibiting her prints until 1963, when she showed at Joy Ewart 's Workshop Art Centre, Willoughby, which she had helped set up. Since its demise she has exhibited with Artarmon Galleries, e.g. Alan Bond Sydney Development etching c.1988, and Northern Approaches 1964-65, etching (edn 30), purchased from Artarmon Galleries by Joan Kerr.

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Writers:
Staff Writer
Date written:
1996
Last updated:
2007
associate of
Herbert Gallop
1890
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Joyce Vera Mary Ewart
1916
Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Joan Kerr
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Joyce L. McC Allen
1916
Artist (Painter), Artist (Printmaker)
associate of
Klaus Friedeberger
1922
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Elaine Alys Haxton
1909
Artist, Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Joy Ewart's Workshop Art Centre, Willoughby
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Artarmon Galleries
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Alan Bond Sydney Development etching
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
Northern Approaches
Date
1964- 1965
etching
Collections
Citations:
  • McCulloch, A., (1984), Encyclopedia of Australian Art, (Place: 2nd edn, Melbourne, Victoria)
  • Germaine, Max, (1991), A dictionary of women artists of Australia, (Place: Roseville East, New South Wales)