Florence Gertrude Rushton b. 1884

  • Artist (Sculptor)
We can only infer that without the demands of husband and children she, like many other women of her generation, was drawn to the potentially satisfying and challenging possibilities of creative endeavour, perhaps as a temporary diversion from an otherwise routine middle-class existence.
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Name
Florence Gertrude Rushton
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Sculptor)
Birth date
1884
Birth place
Kingston SE, South Australia
Death date
11 January 1957
Death place
Dulwich, Adelaide, South Australia
Active Period
  • 1910 - 1915
Residence
  • c.1906- Adelaide, SA
Training
  • c.1910 - c.1915 School of Design, Adelaide, SA
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Heritage: The National Women's Art Book

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References [<ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, '89/381 Hall settle, blackwood, carved in Arts and Crafts style by Gertrude Rushton, made Hamlyn Bros, Adelaide, South Australia, 1913', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Burgess, H.T. (ed.) (1907), 'Benjamin Franklin Rushton', Cyclopedia of South Australia, Volume 1, Adelaide, SA.>, <ExternalResource: Dolan, David (1981), 'Turn of the century woodcarvings from South Australia', Australian Antique Collector (January-June 1981).>, <ExternalResource: Menz, Christopher (1994), 'Morris & Company: Pre-Raphaelites and the Arts and Crafts Movement in South Australia', Art Gallery of South Australia catalogue, Adelaide, SA.>, <ExternalResource: Thompson, Judith (1986), 'Crafts of South Australia', Art Gallery of South Australia catalogue, Adelaide, SA.>] [<ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, '89/381 Hall settle, blackwood, carved in Arts and Crafts style by Gertrude Rushton, made Hamlyn Bros, Adelaide, South Australia, 1913', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>]