Louie Riggall b. 1868 Castlemaine, VIC

Also known as Louise Blanche Riggall
  • Artist (Painter) , (Draughtsman)
Riggall was an academic painter who enjoyed early success in her career both in Melbourne and Paris.
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 1995
Name
Louie Riggall
Also known as Louise Blanche Riggall
Birth date
2 March 1868
Birth place
Castlemaine, VIC
Death date
1918
Death place
First Australian General Hospital, Rouen, France
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Residence
  • c.1905- c.1907 Italy (Toured during this time. )
  • 1915- 1918 France
  • 1907- 1915 Melbourne, VIC
  • 1915 Egypt
  • c.1905- c.1907 France (Toured during this time. )
  • 1901- 1905 Melbourne, VIC
  • c.1897- c.1901 Paris, France
  • 1895- 1897 Bendigo, VIC
  • 1894 Glenmaggie, VIC
Other Occupation
  • Nurse (Nurse Enlisted with the Red Cross during World War I.)
Active Period
  • c.1894- c.1915
Languages
  • French
Training
  • 1895 Bendigo School of Mines, Bendigo, VIC
  • 1897 Delécleuse Atelier, Paris, France
  • 1894 Sale Technical College, Sale, VIC
Is Indigenous
No
Initial Record Data Source
  • Heritage: The National Women's Art Book

painter, was born at Castlemaine, Victoria, on 2 March 1868, fourth daughter of the seven daughters and four sons of Edward Sheens Riggall and Martha, née Gregory.

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Writers:
Staff Writer Note: Heritage biography.
Date written:
1995
Last updated:
2011
associate of
Arthur Thomas Woodward
1865
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Agnes Goodsir
1864
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Ada Plante
1875
Artist (Painter)
associate of
May Vale
1862
Artist (Painter), Artist
associate of
Florence Fuller
1867
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Jessie Traill
1881
Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Painter)
child of
née Gregory Martha Riggall
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
child of
Edward Sheens Riggall
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Carrier Belleuse
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors
1907
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Melbourne, VIC
1907
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Victorian Artists' Society, Melbourne, VIC
Women's Work Exhibition
1907
Exhibition ()
Exhibition Building, Melbourne, Vic
[Exhibition with Florence Fuller]
1902
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Melbourne, VIC
Victorian Artists' Society
1901- 1903
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Melbourne, VIC
Old Salon Exhibition
1897
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Paris, France
Recognitions
Old Salon
Award
First Mention
First-class student medal, Old Salon, Paris, France
Award
First-class student medal
First -class student medal, Old Salon, Paris, France
Award
First-class student medal
Citations:
  • Riggall, Louise, (1905), Diary, (Place: Australian Manuscript Collection, La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC)
  • Colligan, (27 February 1902), Table Talk
  • Traill, Jessie, (15 February 1919), [Obituary], (Place: Victorian Artists' Society)
  • Peers, Juliet, (1993), More Than Just Gumtrees, (Place: Melbourne, VIC)
  • Pearce, Flo, (1987), Louie Riggall, her life and work, (Place: Gippsland Heritage Journal, Gippsland, VIC [vol 2 no.1])
  • Cusack, Frank, (1973), Canvas to Campus: a history of the Bendigo Institute of Technology, (Place: Melbourne, VIC [p.83])
See also:
  • Juliet Peers, catalogue 1995
  • PORTRAIT: Louise Riggall in Nurses Uniform during WWI, photograph. Courtesy Juliet Peers
  • Section 11, plate 462