Iris Duncan Francis b. 1913

  • Artist (Painter)
Raised in an artistic family Francis was diverse in her art-making, fearlessly experimenting with techniques and media. Equally diverse in her working life, she combined teaching with playing in orchestras to entertain the wartime troops and translating aerial photographs of WA's northwest into topographical maps for the army.
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painter, was born in Fremantle on 21 January 1913, a week after her father’s untimely death, and raised by her mother and mother’s family.

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1995
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2011

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Related person groups
  • West Australian Society of Arts (associate of)
  • Meadow Studios Bushey UK (associate of)
  • The Studio Club (associate of)
  • West Australian Society of Arts (associate of)
  • Meadow Studios Bushey UK (associate of)