Frances Burke b. 1907

  • Designer (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer)
Burke founded Australia's first textile screen-printing business, Burway Prints, Melbourne 1937. Established and managed "New Design" retail outlet, founder member Society of Designers for Industry. Her textile designs featured fauna and flora (often Australian), abstract appropriations of Aboriginal designs and organic forms drawn from nature.
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associate of
Clement Meadmore
1929
Designer (Industrial / Product Designer), Artist (Sculptor)
associate of
Sali Herman
1898
Artist (Painter), Artist (Draughtsman)
associate of
Mary Alice Evatt
1898
Architect (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect), Artist (Sculptor), Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Morris Holloway
Designer
Business partner (Burway Prints)
associate of
Grant Featherston
1922
Designer (Furniture Designer / Cabinetmaker), Designer (Industrial / Product Designer), Designer (Glass & metal Artist / Designer)
associate of
Mervyn Napier Waller
1893
Artist (Painter), Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Glass & metal Artist / Designer), Artist (Mixed Media Artist), Artist (Draughtsman)
associate of
Peter Purves Smith
1912
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Christian Waller
1894
Artist (Mixed Media Artist), Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
associate of
Eugenie Bertha Durran
1889
Artist
associate of
George Bell
1862
Artist (Photographer)
associate of
John Rowell
Artist
associate of
William Drysdale
Other occupation
associate of
Maie Casey
1892
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Yvonne Atkinson
1918
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Violet Mace
1890
Artist, Maker
associate of
Marion Hall Best
1905
Designer (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect)
associate of
Selwyn Coffey
1907
Designer (Industrial / Product Designer)
associate of
Max Hutchinson
1907
Curator (Furniture Designer / Cabinetmaker)
fellow founding member of Australian Society of Designers for Industry in 1948

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References [<ExternalResource: "Dr Frances Burke" DIA Hall of Fame>, <ExternalResource: Nanette Carter, Burke, Frances Mary (1904–1994) (2018 entry)>, <ExternalResource: Harriet Edquist, Women of Industry: Frances Burke and Joyce Coffey>] [<ExternalResource: "Dr Frances Burke" DIA Hall of Fame>]
Related recognitions
  • Honorary Doctorate (RMIT) (received)
  • MBE (received)
  • Honorary Doctorate (RMIT) (received)
  • MBE (received)
  • Membership, Design Hall of Fame (received)
Related events
  • Frances Burke fabrics (exhibited at)
  • 7 Designers (exhibited at)
  • Women hold up half the sky (exhibited at)
  • An exhibition of industrial designs (exhibited at)
  • Frances Burke fabrics (exhibited at)
  • 7 Designers (exhibited at)
  • Women hold up half the sky (exhibited at)
  • Arts and Crafts Society of Victoria annual exhibition 1945 (exhibited at)
Summary