Past and Present. National Women's Art Exhibition 1995

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Atkinson, Yvonne, b. 1918
Painter and student of George Bell's. Melbourne-born Atkinson painted painted nudes, portraits and contemporary life scenes throughout the 1930s. Many later works are of Australian ...
Updated Sept. 2, 2023
Syme, Eveline Winifred, b. 1888
A contemporary of many well known female Australian artists, Syme was an active member of a number of artistic associations. She was widely travelled and ...
Updated Sept. 2, 2023
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Lindsay, Ruby, b. 1887
Early 20th century Melbourne and London illustrator and cartoonist. Member of the influential Lindsay and (by marriage) Dyson families. She won several awards in her ...
Updated Sept. 2, 2023
Allen, Mary Cecil, b. 1893
An accomplished artist and writer, Allen was also a prolific lecturer, she was the first lecturer to be employed by the National Gallery of Victoria ...
Updated Sept. 2, 2023
Martin, Mandy, b. 1952
One of the activist women artists who emerged in the mid-1970s, later turned from overtly political posters and industrial landscapes to painting powerful landscapes of ...
Updated Sept. 2, 2023
Mantzaris, Diane, b. 1962
Artist regarded for her pioneering application of digital imaging to printmaking/artmaking. Mantzaris has exhibited nationally and throughout Asia in touring exhibitions. Her practice crosses several ...
Updated Sept. 2, 2023
Fleay, Maude Edith Victoria, b. 1869
A painter who studied under Frederick McCubbin, Glover was regarded for her natural history subject matter. She was also a writer and music teacher, and ...
Updated Sept. 2, 2023
Sibley, Irena, b. 1944
A printmaker and illustrator. She published several children's books including, 'The Bird Woman' and 'When the Sun Took the Colour Away', all decorated with her ...
Updated Sept. 1, 2023
Appleton, Jean, b. 1911
Appleton was a painter and craftworker who studied at East Sydney Technical College and at the Westminster School, London. After seeing French sculptor Maillol's work ...
Updated Aug. 31, 2023
Palmer, Ethleen Mary, b. 1906
During WW2, Ethleen Palmer taught remedial art practice to returned soldiers. She then founded an art school, the Double Bay Studio, that ran from 1945-1951. ...
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Rodway, Florence Aline, b. 1881
Florence Aline Rodway had a splendid career as a portraitist but preferred to do more complex compositions with figures. Together with artists such as Thea ...
Updated Aug. 31, 2023
Bull, Norma C., b. 1906
accredited Australian war artist during World War II.conservationist.
Updated Aug. 31, 2023
Kingston, Amie, b. 1908
Mid 20th century painter, printmaker, theatrical designer and art teacher. Textile prints commissioned by Marion Hall Best ca.1942 are known. Amy Kingston worked prolifically in ...
Updated Aug. 21, 2023
Griffith, Pamela, b. 1943
Sydney-born painter and printmaker who specialises in studies of Australian flora and fauna in landscape. Her work is held in many public and corporate collections ...
Updated Aug. 7, 2023
Crane, Olive, b. 1895
Early 20th century sketcher and book illustrator. She was a contemporary of Grace Crowley and Myra Cocks - the three women were among the 'younger ...
Updated Aug. 1, 2023
Coleman, Dorothy, b. 1899
Photographer and painter. She was Brisbane's leading society photographer between 1935 and 1960.
Updated June 13, 2023
Sherwood, Maud W., b. 1880
Early 20th century painter and printmaker, was born in Dunedin, New Zealand
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Bryans, Lina, b. 1909
A somewhat peripatetic artist whose wanderlust took her to Europe, America and Central Australia, Lina Bryans was noted for her landscapes and her abstract modernism.
Updated May 17, 2023
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Lee, Lindy, b. 1954
Lindy Lee is an Australian artist of Chinese heritage. Her art began with a critique of the reproductions of European art that give Australians a ...
Updated May 16, 2023
Wrobel, Elinor, b. 1933
Wrobel was a private gallery curator (Woolloomooloo Art Gallery ) and collector working with her partner Fred Wrobel until his death. In 2003, she created ...
Updated May 3, 2023
Ford, Sue, b. 1943
Photographer whose work is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Australia.
Updated March 17, 2023