Maude Poynter b. 1869

Also known as Maud Poynter
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From an artistic family, Maude Poynter eventually made her way to England to study painting and pottery, returning to Australia at the end of the First World War, when she had worked as a volunteer. An imaginative potter, she was among the first to reference Aboriginal motifs in her work.
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Bird Jug
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1932, glazed earthenware 9.3 × 24 × 14 cm; inscr. base `Maude Poynter/Ratho/1932’. QVMAG. Photograph Brian Allison.

 

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