Viola A. Quaife b. 1885 Paddington, Sydney, NSW

Also known as:
  • V. A. Q.
  • Viola Quaife
  • Viola Austral Smith
  • Viola Austral Quaife
  • Artist (Painter)
Quaife was a painter who received her artistic training at the Sydney Art School under Julian Ashton and Sydney Long. Fellow students included Nelle Rodd.
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 1999
Name
Viola A. Quaife
Also known as:
  • V. A. Q.
  • Viola Quaife
  • Viola Austral Smith
  • Viola Austral Quaife
Birth date
1885
Birth place
Paddington, Sydney, NSW
Death date
1945
Death place
Sydney, NSW
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Active Period
  • c.1908- c.1925
Languages
  • English
Training
  • c.1908- c.1910 Sydney Art School, Sydney, NSW
Is Indigenous
No
Initial Record Data Source
  • Legacy data. Source 'unknown'

Painter, received her artistic training at the Sydney Art School under Julian Ashton and Sydney Long (c.1908-10) where she was awarded several student prizes, including a first for 'Figure Composition’ (with Nelle Rodd second). A watercolour flower study initialled 'V.A.Q.’ and dated 1925 is held in private collection.

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Writers:
Staff Writer
Date written:
1999
Last updated:
2011
associate of
Sydney Long
1871
Artist (Painter), Artist (Printmaker)
spouse of
Sydney Ure Smith
1887
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Artist (Graphic Designer), Artist (Painter), Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Printmaker)
associate of
Julian Ashton
Artist
child of
née Davy Esther Quaife
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
child of
Frederick Harrison Quaife
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Cecil Humphrey Percival
1891
Artist (Painter), Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
attributed
associate of
Nelle Marion Rodd
1887
Artist (Painter), Artist (Draughtsman)
associate of
Ruby Winckler
1886
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Artist (Painter)
Recognitions
Sydney Art School
1910
Award
Note: 1st Prize for 'Figure Composition', circa 1910
Citations:
  • NSW Death Records : 22397/1945
  • Underhill, Nancy, (1991), Making Australian art 1916-49 : Sydney Ure Smith, patron and publisher, (Place: Oxford University Press, South Melbourne, Vic.)
  • NSW Marriage Records : 5640/1909; 2129/1873
  • NSW Birth Records : 9170/1885
  • Brown, Anna, (c.1999), Joan Kerr Archive, (Place: National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT)