Frances Burke b. 1907

  • Designer (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer)
Frances Burke was best known as a fabric designer and an adventuresome retailer of modernist furnishings through her shop New Design P/L which first opened in 1948.
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Name
Frances Burke
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Designer (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer)
Birth date
1907
Birth place
Melbourne, Vic.
Death date
1994
Training
  • Painting, - National Gallery School, Melbourne, Vic.
  • 1936 - 1938 George Bell School, Melbourne, VIC

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Related collections
  • National Gallery Of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • Honorary Doctorate (RMIT) (received)
  • MBE (received)