Mary Alice Evatt b. 1898 Ottumwa, Iowa, USA

Also known as Mas
  • Architect (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect)
  • Artist (Sculptor) , (Draughtsman) , (Painter)
Artist, social activist, art collector and Trustee of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Evatt's best known work was an oil painting entitled 'Footballers' which she made while studying under George Bell.
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 1995
Name
Mary Alice Evatt
Also known as Mas
Birth date
15 December 1898
Birth place
Ottumwa, Iowa, USA
Death date
1973
Death place
Canberra, ACT
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Architect (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect)
  • Artist (Sculptor)
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
  • Artist (Painter)
Residence
  • 1963- 1973 Canberra, ACT
  • 1946- 1948 New York, NY, USA
  • 1938 Paris, France
  • 1903- 1963 Mosman, Sydney, NSW
  • 1899- 1903 Melbourne, Vic.
  • 1898- 1899 New Zealand
Arrival
  • 1899 (Melbourne, Vic.)
Active Period
  • c.1925- c.1973
Languages
  • English
Training
  • SCEGGS Redlands, Cremorne, Sydney, NSW
  • George Bell School, Melbourne, Vic.
  • c.1965- c.1973 Canberra School of Art, Canberra, ACT
  • c.1950- c.1960 Desiderius ("Deo") Orban's studio, Sydney, NSW
  • Hans Hoffman's studio school, New York, NY, USA
  • 1938 Montparnasse, Paris, France
  • 1936- 1937 Bell-Shore School, Bourke St, Melbourne, Vic.
  • c.1930 Crowley Fizelle Art School, Sydney, NSW
Is Indigenous
No
Initial Record Data Source
  • Heritage with additions

painter born in Iowa (USA) in 1898. Also known as 'Mas’.

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Writers:
DAAO staff writer
Date written:
1995
Last updated:
1992
associate of
Grace Crowley
1890
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Russell Drysdale
1912
Artist (Painter), Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Photographer)
associate of
David Strachan
1919
Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Yvonne Atkinson
1918
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Moya Dyring
1909
Artist
associate of
William Dobell
1899
Artist (Painter), Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
associate of
Joshua Smith
1905
Artist
associate of
Sydney Ure Smith
1887
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Artist (Graphic Designer), Artist (Painter), Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Printmaker)
associate of
Sir Charles Lloyd Jones
1878
Artist (Painter)
associate of
George Bell
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Rah Fizelle
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
John Coburn
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Desiderius Orban
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Maie Casey
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
relative of
Pauline Evatt
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
parent of
Peter Evatt
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
child of
"Nene" Alice Maud Sheffer
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
child of
Samuel Sheffer
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
sibling of
"Mel" Melbourne Sheffer
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
spouse of
Dr Herbert Vere Evatt
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
parent of
Rosalind Evatt
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
'Bill' Cantwell
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
H. J. Cantwell
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Sam Atyeo
Designer (Painter)
associate of
Robert Menzies
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
André Lhote
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Pablo Picasso
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
relative of
Clive Evatt
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Professor E. G. Waterhouse
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Tom Gleghorn
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
relative of
Peter Carrodus
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Geoff Jones
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Frances Burke
1907
Designer (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer)
associate of
Evatt Foundation
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
Mother and Child
Date
c.1966- c.1973
Lady Elise
Date
c.1966- c.1973
Contemplation II
Date
c.1966- c.1973
Contemplation I
Date
c.1966- c.1973
Vase of flowers
Date
c.1950- c.1960
Tulips in a white vase
Date
c.1950- c.1960
Woman seated on grass
Date
1948
Sketches of Bert
Date
1940
Sketches of Rosalind
Date
1938
Portraits of Nene Sheffer
Date
1937
Balmoral landscape
Date
1930
Portrait of Moya Dyring
Date
1930
Sketches of Peter
Date
1930
Woman in Red
Date
1930
Nude Woman
Date
1930
Footballers
Date
1926
Kelmscott
Date
1925
Collections
[Retrospective]
None
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, Bathurst, NSW
Recognitions
Retrospective, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery
Award
Annual Mary Alice Evatt art prize
Award
University of Western Sydney, Sydney, NSW
Citations:
  • Evatt, Mary Alice, (1996), 'The Crowley Fizelle Art School', (Place: Art Gallery of New South Wales Quarterly 8/1 (October 1966), pp. 314-16; quoted Boyde, p.7)
  • Tennant, Kylie, (1970), Evatt: Politics and Justice, (Place: Sydney, NSW)
  • Moore, Felicity St John, (1992), Classical Modernism: The George Bell Circle, (Place: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic.)
  • Eagle, Mary, (1990), Australian Modern Painting between the Wars 1914-1939, (Place: (n.d.), Sydney, NSW)
  • Crockett, Peter, (1993), Evatt: A Life, (Place: Melbourne, Vic.)
  • Boyde, Melissa (guest curator), (2002), '"A fresh point of view": the life and work of Mary Alice Evatt', (Place: Mary Alice Evatt: "Mas" 1898-1973, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery catalogue, Bathurst, NSW)
  • Atkinson, Yvonne, (1981), 'With My Little Eye', (Place: 1980-81 manuscript, quoted Mary Eagle & Jan Minchin, 'The George Bell School,' Melbourne, Vic.)
See also:
  • Section 6, no. 251. Footballers 1936, oil on cardboard 71 x 48.2 cm. Private collection.