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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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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 ...
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 ...
Leviny, Hilda, b. 1883
Artist,woodcarver, embroiderer and college house matron. The youngest of the Leviny sisters.
Piera, Evelyn Mary, b. 1884
Crochet and knitting demonstrator based in the Apollo Bay area in Victoria. A design for The Weekly Times Crochet Book (1924) was used in one ...
Lambert, Rose, b. 1885
Rose Lambert was a skilled practitioner of the art of china-painting in South Australia in 1927-33 but it was only one of the many craft ...
Robey, Elinor Josephine, b. 1885
Linor, as she was known, was a women of upright nature, and a passion for history. Born of a Quaker family, she studied both in ...
Fletcher, Ann Judith, b. 1886
One of the first female portrait photographers to establish a name in Sydney, Fletcher had her own studio on George Street in the city where ...
Whitesides, Vera Lindsay, b. 1886
Described as a women of charm, Vera was a versatile artist proficient in a wide range of art and craft media. Best known in her ...
McKail, Alan, b. 1888
A Melburnian auctioneer, fashion and theatre designer known for his costumes at Melbourne's Artists' Balls. Contemporary police and media reactions to his more flamboyant costumes ...
Hardess, Catherine, b. 1889
Fabric designer, she worked in collaboration with Mollie Grove. Together they established a business and from 1940 until the early 1960s, they worked as artist-craftswomen ...
Owen, Gladys Mary, b. 1889
Painter and printmaker who led an active life exhibiting, travelling, writing, radio presenting and programming for the ABC ("Women's Session" Talks editor), public speaking and ...
Field, Florence Roma, b. 1891
An accomplished self-taught embroiderer, Field experimented with different stitches and materials and also mastered traditional European embroidery skills. A lifelong member of the Embroiderers Guild ...
Harris, Mary Packer, b. 1891
Painter, printmaker, designer and embroiderer, she also wrote and published books on art and Quaker philosophy. She taught at the South Australian School of Arts ...
Hawkins, Sylvia Wilkins, b. 1893
New Zealand-born, Sydney-based portrait painter and scarf painter, working from the 1920s until the 1950s.
Moase, Mrs A.J., b. 1895
Olive Moase was a distinguished and long-serving practitioner of Harvey School ceramics and produced some of its most outstanding pieces.
Albury, Winn, b. 1896
Twentieth century female watercolourist who worked as a commercial in Sydney and Sacremento, California. Work found amongst her estate included a number of designs for ...
Duke, Susan, b. 1898
Schoolteacher and sewing instructor active in the Ballarat region in the 1920s. A design for The Weekly Times Crochet Book (1924) was used in one ...
Wright, Elsie, b. 1898
Needleworker of Nambour, Qld, exhibited needlework and handicrafts from the 1920s to the 1970s at agricultural shows and Country Women's Association competitions throughout Australia. She ...
Ainsworth, Ruth Drummond, b. 1900
A painter, printmaker, potter, weaver and art teacher. Ainsworth travelled to Europe in the 1920s where she was inspired by the influences of cubism, surrealism ...