Lorna Nimmo b. 11 April 1920

Also known as Lorna Muir Nimmo
  • Artist (Painter)
A painter who studied at East Sydney Technical College and various colleges and universities in France and the UK. She was the first woman to receive the Wynne Prize, for her painting Valley Farms, in 1941 and the first female president of the Australian Watercolour Institute, presiding from 1955-1958.
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  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
  • Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle, NSW
  • New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, NSW
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW

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Related recognitions
  • Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales (received)
  • New South Wales Travelling Scholarship, 1941 (received)
  • Scholarship to East Sydney Technical College (received)
  • Scholarship to East Sydney Technical College (received)
  • Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales (received)
  • New South Wales Travelling Scholarship, 1941 (received)