Ellen Nora Payne b. 1865

Also known as Ellen Field
  • Artist ,
  • Artist (Painter)
Ellen Nora Payne was a painter and wood-carver. In 1891 she moved to Melbourne and studied under the Art Nouveau carver, Robert Prenzel. Payne also studied woodcarving and design at the University of London and at the South Kensington School of Art.
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Name
Ellen Nora Payne
Also known as Ellen Field
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • wood-carver (ANZSIC code: 6924)
Birth date
1865
Birth place
Westbury, Tas.
Death date
31 January 1962
Death place
Hobart, Tas.
Active Period
  • 1891 - 1954
Residence
  • Antill Street, Hobart, Tas.
  • Elizabeth Street, Hobart, Tas.
  • 1899 - 1908 England
  • 1891 - 1899 Melbourne, Vic.
  • 1908 - 1962 Hobart, Tas.
  • 1865 - 1891 Westfield, west of Westbury, Tas.
Training
  • c.1900 - c.1908 South Kensington School of Art
  • c.1900 - c.1908 University of London
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Heritage: The National Women's Art Book

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References [<ExternalResource: Atkinson, Russell (1975), 'Ellen Nora Payne, Woodcarver of Tasmania', Launceston.>, <ExternalResource: Dufour, Mary (1988), 'Ellen Nora Payne', Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 11, ed. D. Pike, A. Shaw, M. Clark, B. Nairn, G. Serle and R. Ward, vol. 11, Melbourne.>, <ExternalResource: Miley, Caroline (1987), 'Beautiful & Useful: The Arts and Crafts Movement in Tasmania', Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery catalogue, Launceston.>, <ExternalResource: Dufour, Mary (1981), 'The Crafts of Early Tasmania: 19th & 20th Centuries', Crafts Council of Tasmania Report, Hobart 1981.>]