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
  • Teacher (Teacher At the Society's Craft Training School at Double Bay Nock taught classes in design and colour.)
  • Clerk (Clerk Clerical and financial duties, Nock & Kirby, Hardware Store owned by her family.)
  • Fabric printer
  • Embroiderer
  • Leather worker
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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Related person groups
  • Red Cross (associate of)
  • Royal Zoological Society (associate of)
  • Society of Arts and Crafts (associate of)
  • Red Cross (associate of)
  • Royal Zoological Society (associate of)