Rosa Fiveash b. 1854 North Adelaide, SA

Also known as Rosa Catherine Fiveash
  • Artist (Printmaker) , (Painter)
A painter and etcher who lived her whole life in North Adelaide. An accomplished botanical illustrator and flower painter Fiveash was also a pioneer of china painting, responsible for introducing the technique to Adelaide.
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 1995
Name
Rosa Fiveash
Also known as Rosa Catherine Fiveash
Birth date
22 July 1854
Birth place
North Adelaide, SA
Death date
13 February 1938
Death place
North Adelaide, SA
Burial place
West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, SA
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Painter)
Residence
  • 1854- 1938 Gable House, North Adelaide, SA
Other Occupation
  • Art teacher
  • Botanical illustrator
Active Period
  • c.1881- c.1934
Languages
  • English
Training
  • 1881- 1888 Adelaide School of Design, Adelaide, SA
Is Indigenous
No
Initial Record Data Source
  • Heritage: The National Women's Art Book

painter, etcher, china painter, botanical illustrator and teacher, was born on 22 July 1854 in the family home, Gable House, North Adelaide.

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Writers:
Staff Writer
Date written:
1995
Last updated:
2011
associate of
Louis Tannert
1833
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Erlistoun Mitchell
1868
Artist
associate of
Ellis Rowan
1848
Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Painter)
associate of
H. P. Gill
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Annie M. Benham
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
John Ednie Brown
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Sir Edward Stirling
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
E. R. Waite
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Robert Barr Smith
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
child of
Robert Archibald Fiveash
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
child of
née Rees Margaret Fiveash
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
H. Barrett
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Ethel Barringer
1884
Artist, Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Ann Maria Benham
1837
Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Gladys Good
1899
Artist (Painter)
Collections
Citations:
  • Wilson, Shirley Cameron, (1988), From Shadow into Light, (Place: St Peter's, SA)
  • Symon, D., (1988), A Festival of Ellis Rowan Flower Paintings, (Place: Adelaide Botanic Garden catalogue, Adelaide, SA)
  • Sims, E.B., (1981), 'Rosa Catherine Fiveash', (Place: Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 8, [eds. Nairn, B. and Serle, G.], Melbourne, Vic.)
  • Lothian, T.R.N.L. (Noel), (1974), Rosa Fiveash's Australian Orchids, (Place: Adelaide, SA)
  • Farr, Muriel E., (1915), Miss R.C. Fiveash, (Place: Lone Hand, May 01)
  • Biven, Rachel, (1976), Some Forgotten... Some Remembered, (Place: Norwood, SA)
  • Black, J.M., (1943), Flora of South Australia, (Place: Orchidaceae 1, 2nd edn, Adelaide, SA)
See also:
  • Section 7, plate 294