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Roberts, Mary Ellen, b. 1866
Roberts was the head of the Department of Women's Handicrafts at the East Sydney Technical College from 1909 until 1924. She was a member of ...
Chauvel, Lilian, b. 1867
Painter and designer. Chauvel 'discovered and developed the art of "panchrocis", a delicate technique of paintings on silks and satins, of which she made lamp ...
Dods, Mary Mariam, b. 1867
A woodcarver and embroiderer, Mary Dods actively contributed to the interior designs of her husbands architectural projects. An American by birth she used Australian motifs ...
Glyde, Alice Cordelia, b. 1867
Alice Cordelia Glyde was an art teacher, embroiderer, wood carver and leatherworker who exhibited with the WA Society of Arts in 1904, 1906, 1907 and ...
Benham, Loui, b. 1868
Loui Benham was born in 1868. She was embroiderer, designer, teacher, woodcarver, pyrographer and painter. Benham exhibited with the West Australian Society of Arts. She ...
Conder, Charles, b. 1868
Painter Charles Conder is best known in Australia for his association with the Heidelberg School and his involvement with the famous 9 x 5 Impressions ...
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Peterson, Louisa Maria, b. 1871
Needleworker born in Maryborough, Qld, little is known of this artist other than what can be gleaned from family records. Peterson's artistic endeavours included large ...
Elliott, Mona, b. 1872
Although Mona Elliott developed her interest in pottery and painting late in life, she made a significant contribution to art in both Brisbane and Toowoomba, ...
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Steffanoni, Sophie, b. 1873
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 ...
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Dalgarno, Lucie Gertrude, b. 1874
Lucie Dalgarno was a successful textile designer and trained painter. Her designs utilised Australian floral motifs which were popular at the time.
Heap, Amy Elizabeth, b. 1874
Painter, illustrator, craftworker, photographer and commercial artist. During WWI and into the mid 1930's, Heap worked as a photographer and illustrator for Western Australian Newspapers.
Rischbieth, Bessie Mabel, b. 1874
An early activist for womens' rights, a theosophist and life long feminist, Bessie Mabel Rischbieth was a well known figure in Perth. Her early training ...
O'Connor, Kate, b. 1876
Rowbotham, Walter, b. 1878
Painter and teacher, won the Royal College of Art Scholarship and the Royal College of Art Travelling Scholarship. Rowbotham exhibited with West Australian Society of ...
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Tufnell, Louise, b. 1878
Craftworker, working with fashion and costume designs featuring decorative beadwork and hand embroidery.
de Chair, Enid, b. 1878
Painter, decorator, embroiderer and art patron. Resident of Sydney, NSW her patronage of modern art puts her among its earliest supporters in Australia.
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Franklin, Miles, b. 1879
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Mort, Eirene, b. 1879
Designer and craftworker, Sydney, NSW, she was a prolific designer of textiles and various Applied Arts, often featuring Australian floral motifs, and was well known ...
Richardson, Maude Rose, b. 1879
Maude Rose Richardson was born in 1879. With her friends Alma Pericles and Mrs W. E. Stephenson, she formed the West Australian Women Painters and ...
Benison, Percy, b. 1881
Early 20th century Sydney cartoonist, comic book artist, illustrator and costume designer. Benison contributed to a number of publications including the Comic Australian, Home and ...