Louisa J. Swan

  • Artist (Painter)
Early 20th century Tasmanian painter and craftworker.
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Painter and craftworker, was an early Tasmanian member of the Society of Arts and Crafts of NSW. The trustees of the then National Art Gallery of New South Wales purchased a work by her from the Society’s 1910 exhibition (when they made a number of purchases).

Louisa Swan was among a group of lacemakers interested in creating their own designs from Tasmanian flora and fauna who established a committee in 1908 to promote a School of Lace Design in Hobart. It aimed to 'further the development of local characteristics and to hasten the time when Tasmania may have well known and well defined laces of her own’. The members were: Patroness Lady Edeline Strickland; Vice Patroness Lady Dodds; President Miss Ada Grey Wilson ; Committee Members Mrs McFarlane, Mrs David Barclay, Mrs Stourton, Miss Anastasia Hall , Miss M.E. (Patty) Mault , Miss Louisa Swan and Mr George Clark.

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Date written:
1999
Last updated:
2011

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