Karna Marie Birmingham b. 3 December 1900

  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter)
Karna Marie Birmingham was an illustrator of children's books and arguably may have been more widely acknowledged if she had not contracted an eye disease in 1938 that limited her artistic career.
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Name
Karna Marie Birmingham
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Commercial artist (Commercial artist Including work as a ticket writer & window dresser)
  • Art teacher
Birth date
3 December 1900
Birth place
Mosman, Sydney, NSW
Death date
5 July 1987
Death place
Neutral Bay, Sydney, NSW
Active Period
  • 1914 - 1987
Residence
  • 3 December 1900 - 5 July 1987 Sydney, NSW
Training
  • 1914 - 1920 Julian Ashton's Sydney Art School, Sydney, NSW
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Heritage with additions

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Related stub people
  • Dangar, Anne (associate of)
  • Mack, Amy (associate of)
  • Mack, Louise (associate of)
  • Birmingham, Terry (relative of)
  • Birmingham, Herbert Joseph (child of)
  • Nielsen, Kahn Marie (child of)
  • Birmingham, Herbert Joseph (Jr) (sibling of)
  • Turvey, Robert (spouse of)
  • Livingstone, Arthur Alva (spouse of)
  • Ashton, Julian (associate of)
Related stub person groups
  • Society of Artists (associate of)
  • Society of Women Painters (associate of)
  • Younger Group of Australian Artists (associate of)
Related people
  • Crane, Olive (associate of)
  • Huntley, Isabel (associate of)
  • Crowley, Grace (associate of)
  • Dennys, Isobel Dorothy Joyce (associate of)
  • Cocks, Myra (associate of)
  • Fletcher, Ann Judith (associate of)
Related works
  • Myra Cocks' bookplate (creator of)
  • Four Children Fleeing from a Bat (creator of)
  • The Birthday (creator of)
  • In the Wake of the "Cheerio" (creator of)
  • Creepers (creator of)
  • The Quince Tree (creator of)
Related collections
  • The Dixson Galleries, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • University of Western Australia, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
Related events
  • Younger Group of Australian Artists (exhibited at)
  • Society of Women Painters (exhibited at)
  • Society of Artists (exhibited at)