Olive Nock b. 26 April 1893

  • Artist (Painter)
A china painter, leather and poker worker, embroiderer, fabric painter and bookbinder. Whilst working at her family's hardware store she studied at Hornsby Technical College.
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Name
Olive Nock
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Poker worker
  • Book binder (ANZSIC code: 1612)
  • Teacher (ANZSIC code: 8102) (Teacher At the Society's Craft Training School at Double Bay Nock taught classes in design and colour.)
  • Clerk (ANZSIC code: 7291) (Clerk Clerical and financial duties, Nock & Kirby, Hardware Store owned by her family.)
  • Fabric printer (ANZSIC code: 1611)
  • Embroiderer (ANZSIC code: 1334)
  • Leather worker (ANZSIC code: 1320)
Birth date
26 April 1893
Birth place
Mosman Bay, NSW
Death date
1977
Active Period
  • c.1909 - c.1946
Residence
  • 1925 - 1927 Europe
  • Lindfield, Sydney, NSW
Training
  • 1925 - 1927 England, UK
  • Hornsby Technical College, Hornsby, NSW
  • Chatswood Public School, Chatswood, NSW
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Heritage: The National Women's Art Book

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References [<ExternalResource: Baddeley, Claire (curator) (1999), 'Motif & meaning : Aboriginal influences in Australian art, 1930-1970', Ballarat, Vic. : Ballarat Fine Art Gallery.>, <ExternalResource: (1991), 'History of the Society of Arts & Crafts of NSW 1906-1991', Sydney, NSW [McFarlane, Nonie and Mackintolty, Judy (eds.)].>, <ExternalResource: Sumner, Christina (1991), 'Olive Nock', Decorative Arts and Design from the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Timms, Peter (1986), 'Australian Studio Pottery and China Painting', Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Nock, Olive (1976), 'Biographical Notes', Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Sydney (Powerhouse Museum), NSW (manuscript file 407).>]