Jane Sutherland b. 1853 New York, NY, USA

  • Artist (Painter)
Jane Sutherland advocated women's art in late nineteenth century Australia.
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 1995
Name
Jane Sutherland
Birth date
26 December 1853
Birth place
New York, NY, USA
Death date
25 July 1928
Death place
Melbourne, VIC
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Residence
  • Grosvenor Chambers, 9 Collins Street, Melbourne, VIC
  • 1870- 1928 Melbourne, VIC
Other Occupation
  • Art teacher
Arrival
  • 1864
Active Period
  • 1890- 1899
Cultural Heritage
  • Scottish
Languages
  • English
Training
  • 1882- 1886 National Gallery School, Melbourne, VIC
  • 1877 National Gallery School, Melbourne, VIC
  • 1871- 1875 National Gallery School, Melbourne, VIC
Is Indigenous
No
Initial Record Data Source
  • Heritage: The National Women's Art Book

painter, was born in New York on Boxing Day 1853, the eldest daughter of George Sutherland , wood-carver, and Jane, née Smith, a Glaswegian couple who returned to Scotland before migrating to Sydney in 1864 then moving to Melbourne in 1870.

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Writers:
Staff Writer
Date written:
1995
Last updated:
2011
child of
George Sutherland
1829
Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Sculptor), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Clara Southern
1860
Artist (Painter)
child of
Jane Smith
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Henrietta Gulliver
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Marion Barrett
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Professor Osborne
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Florence Fuller
1867
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Bess Norriss Tait
1878
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Ada Plante
1875
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Jane Price
1860
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Iso Rae
1860
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Dora Beatrice Serle
1875
Artist (Painter)
relative of
Ruth Sutherland
1884
Artist (Painter)
relative of
Jean Parker Sutherland
1902
Artist (Photographer), Artist, Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Jean Parker Sutherland
1902
Artist (Photographer), Artist, Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Painter)
child of
George Sutherland
1829
Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Sculptor), Artist (Painter)
associate of
May Vale
1862
Artist (Painter), Artist
associate of
first full woman member of the Buonarotti Society, 1894, NSW
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
first female councillor of the Victorian Artists' Society, in 1900, VIC
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
The Harvest Fiel
Date
1897
To the Dandenongs
Date
1894
Numb Fingers Working While the Eye of the Morn Is Yet Bedimmed with Tears
Date
1888
Obstruction Box Hill
Date
1887
Collections
Recognitions
small prize
1883
Award
Citations:
  • Rosewarne, Stuart, (1977), Sutherland, (Place: Victorian College of the Arts catalogue, Melbourne)
  • Rosewarne, Stuart, (1977), 'Jane Sutherland', (Place: ms Dictionary of Australian Artist files.)
  • Rowley, Sue, (1991), 'The journey's end: Women's mobility and containment', (Place: Australian Cultural History, no.10)
  • Lindsay, Frances, (1977), 'Jane Sutherland', (Place: Australia Dictionary of Biography, vol.12 (revised from vol.11))
  • Hammond, Victoria & Peers, Juliet, (1992), Completing the Picture, (Place: East Hawthorn (VIC))
  • Clemente, Caroline, (1991), Australian Watercolours 1807-1926 in the National Gallery of Victoria, (Place: National Gallery of Victoria catalogue, Melbourne)
  • Clark, Jane & Whitelaw, Bridget, (1985), Golden Summers, (Place: National Gallery of Victoria catalogue, Melbourne)
  • Burke, Janine, (1980), Australian Women Artists 1840-1940, (Place: Collingwood (Vic.))
See also:
  • ADD plate 107
  • Portrait of Margaret Sutherland as a Young Girl n.d., pastel (auctioned from Dame Margaret Sutherland at Christies' Australia 14 April 1986, lot 198, ill. col.)