Nelle Marion Rodd b. 1887 Sydney, NSW

Also known as:
  • Mrs S. Betts
  • E. N. R. (possible attribution)
  • Artist (Painter) , (Draughtsman)
Nelle Marion Rodd was a founding member of the Society of Women Painters in 1910. She exhibited with the Royal Queensland Art Society, the Royal Art Society and the Society of Artists before her premature death at the age of 28.
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 1995
Name
Nelle Marion Rodd
Also known as:
  • Mrs S. Betts
  • E. N. R. (possible attribution)
Birth date
c.1887
Birth place
Sydney, NSW
Death date
10 October 1915
Death place
Neutral Bay, Sydney, NSW
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Residence
  • 1914- 1915 Balmoral, Sydney, NSW
  • 1910- 1912 Mosman, Sydney, NSW
Active Period
  • 1904- 1915
Languages
  • English
Training
  • c.1908- c.1909 Sydney Art School, Sydney, NSW
Is Indigenous
No
Initial Record Data Source
  • Heritage with additions

painter and illustrator, was born in Sydney, daughter of William John Rodd from Worcester and Lissie Marion, née Robertson.

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Writers:
Staff Writer
Note: additional information
Date written:
1995
Last updated:
1992
associate of
Sydney Long
1871
Artist (Painter), Artist (Printmaker)
associate of
Viola A. Quaife
1885
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Julian Ashton
Artist
child of
William John Rodd
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
child of
née Robertson Lissie Marion Rodd
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
spouse of
Selwyn Frederic Betts
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Royal Queensland Art Society
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
New South Wales Society of Artists
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
New South Wales Society of Women Painters
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
Figure Composition
Study of a Figure
pen and ink
Charcoal Drawing, Head (Antique)
Charcoal Study of a Head
A Study
A Woman in Blue
Citations:
  • Joan Kerr Archive, (additional black and white material Place: National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT)
  • Souter, D.H., (1909), An exhibition of students' work at the Sydney Art School, (Place: Art and Architecture, vol.6 nos.1-2, (January-February 1909))
  • Muir, Marcie, (1982), A History of Australian Children's Book Illustration, (Place: Melbourne,VIC)
See also:
  • Heritage biography: ADD section 2, plate 65.