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Proctor, Thea, b. 1879
A well known and well loved Australian artist, Thea Proctor was prolific both as an artist and designer. A prominent figure in the art scene ...
Leviny, Dorothy, b. 1881
Enamel and metal worker,devoted a good part of her life to the various crafts that interested her. Lived in the Leviny home, Buda, outside Castlemaine, ...
Guest, Nancy, b. 1901
Painter. In 1926 Guest won the National Gallery Travelling Scholarship with her oil 'The Fortune Teller.'
Medworth, Muriel, b. 1903
Watercolour painter, interior decorator, textile and fashion designer, ceramicist and teacher, pursued her career in London and Australia.
Shaw, Marina Philomena, b. 1903
Painter, china painter, ceramic sculptor and designer who in the1940s won a scholarship to the Slade School of Art but was unable to take it ...
Jarret, Dora, b. 1904
Early 20th century Sydney painter, teacher, illustrator, graphic artist and cartoonist.
McCrae, Marjory Francesca, b. 1905
Mid 20th century painter, cartoonist and commercial artist. Her parents' great friend Norman Lindsay taught her to draw and throughout the course of her career ...
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Pyke, Guelda Esther Leah, b. 1905
Australian ceramist, jewellery and fashion designer who, after visits to Bali and training with George Bell, took up painting in the 1950s and worked in ...
Taylor, Violet, b. 1905
Wildflower painter and embroiderer. The family hold a number of pieces of her work and these range from oil and watercolour paintings of wildflowers, china ...
Long, Olive, b. 1906
Known for her commercial work in England, Long worked mainly as painter after emigrating to Australia. Her work was regularly included in the Archibald Prize.
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 ...
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Lewers, Margo, b. 1908
Margo Lewers was primarily a painter and an admirer of the Bauhaus movement which she experienced during travels in Germany in 1934. She was initially ...
Collings, Dahl, b. 1909
Dahl Collings was a painter, commercial artist, graphic and exhibition designer, illustrator, costume and textile designer, photographer and documentary film-maker. Often working in partnership with ...
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Haxton, Elaine Alys, b. 1909
Painter, printmaker and designer, Haxton worked through the 1930s as a commercial artist in both Sydney and London. In 1943 she won the Sulman Prize ...
Fullarton, Nancy Edith, b. 1913
Mid 20th century Sydney and London painter, children's book illustrator, comic strip artist and ballet costume designer. Creator of Frisky the Rabbit.
Danciger, Alice, b. 1914
A painter, theatre and fabric designer who worked with some of the most significant modernist artists in Australia.
Ashworth, Olive, b. 1915
Commercial artist, textile designer and photographer. Ashworth is best known for her textile designs that were based on sketches and photographs of the Great Barrier ...
Abbott Roberts, Mary Margaret, b. 1916
Mary Abbott Roberts, who also exhibited under her maiden name of Mary Abbott, was born in Quirindi in rural New South Wales and studied in ...
Degeus, Maryke, b. 1917
Maryke Degeus was one of the many European migrants whose entry into Australia after World War Two transformed our culture. She was associated with Jon ...
Lakides, Amy, b. 1919
Well known and influential china painter, painter on silk and interior designer. Her first lessons in porcelain painting were under Flora Landells.