Myrtle R. Innes b. 1894 Granville, New South Wales

  • Artist (Printmaker), (Painter)
China painter, potter, watercolourist and batik printer, studied at Ashton's Sydney Art School. Exhibited with the NSW Society of Arts & Crafts, Society of Artists of NSW, Women Painters of Australia and others.
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 1999
Name
Myrtle R. Innes
Birth date
1894
Birth place
Granville, New South Wales
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Painter)
Residence
  • c.1924- c.1963 Sydney, New South Wales
  • 1924 England, UK
Active Period
  • 1924- 1956
Languages
  • English
Training
  • Julian Ashton's Sydney Art School, New South Wales
Is Indigenous
No
Initial Record Data Source
  • Legacy data. Source 'unknown'

China painter, potter, watercolourist and batik printer, studied at Ashton’s Sydney Art School under Mildred Lovett and Elioth Gruner. She travelled to England for a few months in 1924, setting up a studio at Wollstonecraft on her return later that year. In 1943, with Hetty Hirst, she delivered weekly craft talks on ABC radio and taught remedial craftwork in military hospitals. She became a member of the NSW Society of Arts & Crafts in 1918, exhibited with it until 1956 and was Life Governor in the 1960s. From 1939-45, she was the leader of the Society’s War Service Circle. In 1963 she donated to the Society, for sale, a collection of work by early members.

The AGNSW owns at least three china painted objects by Innes (exhibited 1991-92): a vase with pastoral design 1922 (purchased 1978), a teapot with fuschia design 1928, possibly exhibited in the Society’s 1928 annual exhibition (purchased 1978), and a cup and saucer with dragon fly design n.d. (purchased 1978)

Innes also exhibited with the Society of Artists of NSW, the Women Painters Society and its successor the Women’s Industrial Society (1930s); she was included in the 1935 'Women Painters of Australia’ exhibition.

Writers:
Staff Writer
Date written:
1999
Last updated:
2011
associate of
Mildred Esther Lovett
1880
Artist, Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Sculptor), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Julian Ashton
Artist
associate of
Elioth Gruner
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Hetty Hirst
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
child of
Susan R. Innes
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
child of
George P. Innes
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Jessica Booth
1885
Artist (Painter), Artist (Weaver)
associate of
Vi Eyre
1870
Artist (Sculptor), Artist (Ceramist)
associate of
Nell Turner Holden
1892
Artist
associate of
Society of Arts & Crafts of New South Wales
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
New South Wales Society of Artists
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Women Painters Society
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Women's Industrial Society
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
cup and saucer with dragon fly design
teapot with fuschia design
Date
1928
vase with pastoral design
Date
1922
Collections
Women's Industrial Society
None
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Sydney, New South Wales
Women Painters Society
None
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Sydney, New South Wales
New South Wales Society of Artists
None
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Sydney, New South Wales
Australian Decorative Arts
11 November 1991- 16 February 1992
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales
Women Painters of Australia exhibition
1935
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Sydney, New South Wales
Society of Arts & Crafts of NSW
1918- 1956
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Sydney, New South Wales
Citations:
  • NSW Birth Records : 14899/1894
  • McFarlane, Nonie; and Mackinolty, Judy (Eds.), (1991), History of the Society of Arts & Crafts of New South Wales 1906-1991, (Place: Sydney, NSW : Society of Arts & Crafts of New South Wales)
  • Edwards, Deborah (curator), (1991), Australian Decorative Arts, (Place: Sydney, NSW : Art Gallery of New South Wales)