Eileen McGrath b. 1907

  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Sculptor)
McGrath was awarded the first ever Art Diploma (Sculpture Honours), at East Sydney Technical College. She studied under Raynor Hoff, who described her student work as "exceptionally brilliant." She left Australia in 1933, studying and teaching in England and Europe before finally settling in Washington with her husband. Unfortunately, McGrath did not produce any work after this latest move, but sh
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Citations

  • Ambrus, Caroline (1984), 'The Ladies’ Picture Show’, Sydney, NSW.

  • Rayner Hoff, G. (1931), 'The Work of Eileen McGrath’, Sydney, NSW.

  • Moore, William (1934), 'The Story of Australian Art’, Sydney, NSW.

  • Scarlett, Ken (1980), 'Australian Sculptors’, West Melbourne, Vic.

  • Edwards, Deborah (1990), 'Rayner Hoff and His School’, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW (M.Phil. thesis).

  • Ely, Bonita and Havens, Anna (c.1978), 'Profile of Australian Women Sculptors 1860-1960’, Women’s Art Register project, Melbourne, Victoria (typescript, n.d.).

See also

  • 'Section 9, plate 481', Heritage biography.

Initial data sources

  • Heritage: The National Women's Art Book

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