Jessie Traill b. 1881

Also known as Jessie Constance Alicia Traill
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter)
Painter and etcher, an outstanding feature of her life was her extensive travelling between France, England and Australia. She received much praise for her etchings and helped popularise the form as an artistic medium in the 1920s.
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Name
Jessie Traill
Also known as Jessie Constance Alicia Traill
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Nurse (ANZSIC code: 8511)
Birth date
1881
Birth place
Brighton, Melbourne, Victoria
Death date
1967
Death place
Victoria, Vic
Active Period
  • 1909 - 1967
Residence
  • c.1914 - c.1918 Rouen, France
  • 1928 Central Australia
  • 1908 - 1909 London, England, UK
  • 1907 Paris, France
  • 1881 - 1906 Victoria
Training
  • 1928 - 1929 Stratford Studio, London, England, UK
  • 1907 Académie Colarossi, Paris, France
  • 1901 - 1905 National Gallery School, Melbourne, VIC
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Heritage: The National Women's Art Book

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References [<ExternalResource: (December 1989), 'An Australian student of Frank Brangwyn: Jessie C.A. Traill in London and Belgium 1907-1908', Art Bulletin of Victoria, no. 30, .>, <ExternalResource: Lee, Mary Alice (1983), 'The Etched Work of Jessie C.A. Traill 1881-1967', Victoria : University of Melbourne.>, <ExternalResource: McCulloch, A.; and McCulloch, S. (1994), 'The Encyclopedia of Australian Art', St Leonards, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Moore, W. (1934), 'The Story of Australian Art', Sydney, NSW : Angus and Robertson.>, <ExternalResource: Williamson, C. (1989), 'Industry and Nature: The Etchings of Jessie Traill', Brisbane, Qld : Queensland Art Gallery.>, <ExternalResource: 'Jessie Traill Papers', Melbourne, VIC : La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria.>, <ExternalResource: Foott, B., 'Jessie Constance Alicia Traill by her cousin Bethia Foott', Melbourne, VIC : La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria.>] [<ExternalResource: (December 1989), 'An Australian student of Frank Brangwyn: Jessie C.A. Traill in London and Belgium 1907-1908', Art Bulletin of Victoria, no. 30, .>]