Clara Southern b. 3 October 1860

Also known as Panther, Mrs John Flinn
  • Artist (Painter)
Clara Southern, painter, studied at the National Gallery of Victoria's Art Schools in 1883-87 under Frederick McCubbin and George Folingsby. Fellow students included Josephine Muntz-Adams, Jane Sutherland, A.M.E. Vale, Emanuel Phillips Fox and Arthur Streeton. Nicknamed 'Panther' for her lithe beauty, Clara Southern was admitted in 1886 as one of the early women members of the students' Buonarotti
exhibited at
Artists' Bushfire Relief Fund Exhibition
Place
Warrandyte, Vic.
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Look, Look Again
Date
20 October 2011 - 15 December 2012
Place
Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA
Description

Exhibition showcasing highlights from the Cruthers Collection of Women’s Art (CCWA), which was gifted to the University of Western Australia in 2007. A companion publication titled 'Into the Light’ that documented the history and key works of the CCWA was released to coincide with the exhibition, which also featured a symposium – 'Are we there yet?’ – discussing women’s participation in art and art history and the future of feminism in the arts.

Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.lwgallery.uwa.edu.au/exhibitions/past/look-look-again
exhibited at
A l'hombre des jeunes filles et des fleurs: In the shadow of young girls and flowers
Date
10 March 1995 - 28 May 1995
Place
Benalla Art Gallery, Benalla , Vic.
Type
Exhibition
Tags
National Women's Art Exhibition
exhibited at
Australian Women Artists, One Hundred Years 1840 -1940
Date
2 September 1975 - 27 September 1975
Place
Melbourne University, Ewing and George Paton Gallery, Melbourne, Vic.
Description

Touring exhibition, curated by Janine Burke at the Ewing & George Paton Galleries for International Women’s Year, then shown at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Newcastle City Art Gallery and Art Gallery of South Australia.

Type
Exhibition
Tags
International Women's Year
exhibited at
Exhibition in aid of the Hermannsburg Water Supply in Central Australia
Date
1934
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Australian Art Association Exhibition
Date
1919
Place
Melbourne, Vic.
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Australian Art Association Exhibition
Date
1918
Place
Melbourne, Vic.
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Australian Art Association Exhibition
Date
1917
Place
Melbourne, Vic.
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Australian Art Association Exhibition
Date
1914
Place
Melbourne, Vic.
Description
Type
Exhibition
First Australian Women's Work Exhibition
Date
1907
Place
Exhibition Building, Carlton Gardens, Melbourne, VIC
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Victorian Artists' Society
Date
1889 - 1917
Place
Melbourne, Vic.
Description
Type
Exhibition