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.
You are viewing the version of bio from July 14, 2011, 8:09 a.m. (moderator approved).
Revert to this revision Go to current record
exhibited at
Wynne Prize
Date
1945
Place
National Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
NSW Society of Artists
Date
1944
Place
Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Australian Watercolour Institute
Date
1942
Place
Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Wynne Prize
Date
1942
Place
National Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
NSW Society of Artists
Date
1942
Place
Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
NSW Society of Artists
Date
1941
Place
Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition

Difference between this version and previous

Field This Version Previous Version
Related stub people
  • Lymburner, Francis (associate of)
  • Godson, John (associate of)
  • Wittkower (Professor) (associate of)
  • Winny (Dr) (associate of)
Related stub person groups
  • Australian Watercolour Institute (associate of)
  • NSW Society of Artists, NSW (associate of)
Related people
  • Medworth, Frank Charles (associate of)
  • Thornhill, Dorothy (associate of)
  • Dundas, Douglas (associate of)
  • Gallop, Herbert (associate of)
  • Gilliland, Hector (associate of)
Related works
  • Valley Farms (creator of)
Related collections
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle, NSW (collected in)
  • New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, NSW (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 recognitions
  • Scholarship to East Sydney Technical College (received)
  • Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales (received)
  • New South Wales Travelling Scholarship, 1941 (received)
Related events
  • Australian Watercolour Institute (exhibited at)
  • Wynne Prize (exhibited at)
  • Wynne Prize (exhibited at)
  • NSW Society of Artists (exhibited at)
  • NSW Society of Artists (exhibited at)
  • NSW Society of Artists (exhibited at)