Joy Roggenkamp b. 26 February 1928

Also known as Joy Patricia Roggenkamp, Mrs Ross McGowan
  • Artist (Painter)
Joy Roggenkamp was undoubtedly the most significant watercolour artist in Brisbane during the 1960s and 1970s and the vigour and dash of her execution lays claim to a national significance. Her great success was at the Art Gallery of New South Wales where she was awarded the Trustee's Watercolour Prize in 1962 and Pring Prizes in 1966 and 1967.
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Citations

  • (18 May 1960), 'Harmony in watercolours’, The Courier-Mail, Brisbane, QLD, quoted in 'Sunday’s Child’, Caloundra Regional Art Gallery, 2001.

  • (26 January 1967), 'Artist is often absent-minded’, The Courier-Mail, Brisbane, QLD, The absent- mindedness was compounded by her life-long diabetes.

  • (May 1969), 'Leading a double life’, Australian Home Journal, Sydney, NSW, .

  • 'Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD’.

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