Dora Beatrice Serle b. 2 September 1875

Also known as Dora Hake, Dora Serle
  • Artist (Painter)
Painter and china painter, Serle was active for over 70 years in Geelong and Melbourne though she studied briefly in England. She received most critical acclaim during the 1930s and 1940s and counted George Bell, Basil Burdett and Arnold Shore as being among her admirers.

Citations

  • (1977), 'Dora Serle’, Frankston, Vic : McClelland Gallery catalogue.

  • Hammond, Victoria; & Peers, Juliet (1992), 'Completing the Picture’, East Hawthorn, Vic.

  • Peers, Juliet (1993), 'More Than Just Gumtrees’, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Serle, Dora (1908), 'Student life at Newlyn’, Victoria : V.A.S. (Victorian Artists’ Society), 12-08.

  • Serle, Geoffrey (1988), 'Percival Serle’, Melbourne, Vic : in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 11, [Serle, G. (ed.)], Melbourne University Press.

  • (1896), Melbourne, Vic. : Age, 01-28.

  • (1896), Argus, 01-28.

  • Information sourced from Lane, Terence.

  • Serle, Dora, 'Memoir’, Written for Lina Bryans (copy).

  • Information sourced from Clark, Jane.

  • Information sourced from Miley, Caroline.

  • Information sourced from Peers, Juliet.

See also

  • 'Heritage - Section 1: plate 15'.
  • 'PORTRAIT: Dora Serle, Self Portrait c.1902, oil (p.c.).'.

Initial data sources

  • Heritage: The National Women's Art Book