Esther Paterson b. 1892 Melbourne, VIC

  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator) , (Painter)
Mid 20th century Melbourne cartoonist, painter and commercial artist. Sister of fellow artist Betty Paterson.
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Name
Esther Paterson
Birth date
5 February 1892
Birth place
Melbourne, VIC
Death date
8 August 1971
Death place
Middle Park, Melbourne, VIC, Inveresk, Middle Park, Melbourne, VIC
Death note
Inveresk
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
  • Artist (Painter)
Residence
  • Middle Park, Melbourne, VIC, Inveresk, Middle Park, Melbourne, VIC
Active Period
  • c.1909- c.1971
Languages
  • English
Training
  • c.1909- c.1920 National Gallery School, Melbourne, VIC
Is Indigenous
No
Initial Record Data Source
  • Heritage with additions

cartoonist, painter and commercial artist, was born in Melbourne on 5 February 1892, the elder sister of Betty Paterson .

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Writers:
Staff Writer
Date written:
1995
Last updated:
1992
associate of
Lady Joan Lindsay
1896
Artist (Painter)
sibling of
Betty Paterson
1895
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Artist (Painter)
child of
Hugh Paterson
Artist (Painter)
relative of
John Ford Paterson
1851
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Pixie O'Harris
1903
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Olive Crane
1895
Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Joan Morrison
1911
Artist (Painter), Artist (Sculptor), Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
associate of
Mollie Horseman
1911
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
associate of
Betty Paterson
1895
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Artist (Painter)
associate of
John Ford Paterson
1851
Artist (Painter)
associate of
J. C. Williamson
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Mahdi McCrae
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Mary Grant Bruce
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
child of
née Deans Elizabeth Leslie Paterson
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
spouse of
George Hermon Gill
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
George Hermon Gill
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Norbert Coulahan
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Raphael Kirchner
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
spouse of
John Banks
1885
Artist (Painter)
Unconfirmed
associate of
Phoebe Healy
1877
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
associate of
Doreen O'Neill
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
child of
Hugh Paterson
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Dorothy Ellsmore Paul
1900
Artist (Sculptor), Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
associate of
Christian Waller
1894
Artist (Mixed Media Artist)
associate of
Victorian Artists' Society
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Women's National League
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Melbourne Savage Club
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
portrait of G. Hermon Gill (VAS)
o/c
The Yellow Gloves (Portrait of Betty Paterson)
Date
1938
Self Portrait
Date
1935
Collections
Esther Paterson - A Creative Life
2001
Exhibition (exhibited at)
New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, NSW
(at Manly Art Gallery May 2003)
Joan Kerr, Artists and Cartoonists in Black and White
1999
Exhibition (exhibited at)
National Trust S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, NSW
The Work of Art (National Women's Art Exhibition)
1995
Exhibition (exhibited at)
State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
(exhibition with Betty Paterson)
1922
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Melbourne Athenaeum, Melbourne, VIC
Citations:
  • Gill, Hermon, (1962), Suburban Souvenir
  • Lindesay, Vane, (1979), The inked-in image - a social and historical survey of Australian comic art, (Place: Hutchinson of Australia, Richmond, VIC, p 22)
  • (1922), Yearbook of Victorian Art, (Place: Melbourne, VIC, p 31)
  • (1918), 'Melbourne Chatter', (Place: Sydney, NSW : Bulletin, 11-28)
  • Lindsay, Joan, (1985), Student Days, (Place: Melbourne, VIC : Overland 98, April, p 62)
  • Paterson Papers, (Place: National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT)
  • Kerridge, Barbara, (2003), public lecture, (Place: Manly Art Gallery, Manly, NSW, 05-11)
  • Kerr, Joan, (1999), Artists and Cartoonists in Black and White, (Place: National Trust S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, NSW)
  • de Berg, Hazel, (1971), Interview with Esther Paterson, (makes no reference to her cartooning career, acc. Peers, but tells story about her cartoons being pirated in London Place: National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT, 06-26)
  • Thomas, Rebecca, (1995), The Work of Art, (Place: National Women's Art Exhibition, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, Sydney, NSW)
  • Peers, Juliet, (1993), More Than Just Gum Trees, (Place: Melbourne, VIC)
  • Mills, Carol, (1987), Betty (Elizabeth Deans) Paterson (1894-1970) and Esther Paterson (1892-1971), (Place: The Lu Rees Archives: Notes, Books and Authors, 8)
  • McVitty, Walter, (1989), Authors & Illustrators of Australian Children's Books, (Place: Sydney, NSW)
  • Johnson, Joseph, (1994), Laughter and the Love of Friends - A Centenary History of the Melbourne Savage Club 1894-1994 and A History of the Yorick Club 1868-1966, (Place: Melbourne Savage Club, Melbourne, VIC)
  • Eisenberg, Joseph, (May 2001), Esther Paterson - A Creative Life, (Place: New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, NSW)
  • Ambrus, Caroline, (1984), The Ladies' Picture Show, (Place: Sydney, NSW)
  • Peers, Juliet, (1995), Betty and Esther Paterson, (Place: Heritage, Kerr, J., ed.)
See also:
  • Heritage: ch 5 plate 209, p127 (Aussie 15 Sept 1931, p 44)
  • There is a photograph by Vandyck in 'Melbourne Chatter', Bulletin 28 November 1918
  • Self-portrait caricature, Aussie 15 April 1925, ill. Heritage, p 426