Sophie Steffanoni b. 1873

  • Artist (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer),
  • Artist (Painter)
Sophie Steffanoni was an embroiderer and painter, who, despite exhibiting much of her work and receiving recognition for it, died just as her career was advancing, aged thirty-two. She removed the artificial barrier between art and craft.
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Name
Sophie Steffanoni
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer)
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • worked in family boarding house (ANZSIC code: 4400)
Birth date
1873
Death date
1906
Death place
St Leonards, Sydney, NSW
Burial place
Independent section of Rookwood Cemetery, Sydney, New South Wales
Death note
\n\nBurialNote: Grave no. 1884
Residence
  • 1873 - 1906 Sydney, New South Wales
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Heritage with additions

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