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Aarons, Anita, b. 1912
Anita Aarons had a diverse career working as a jeweller, sculptor, art administrator, radio commentator, teacher and art editor for an architecture publication, while living ...
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 ...
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Acton, Prue, b. 1943
Prue Acton is a women’s wear designer. She trained at RMIT beginning in 1958. She established a Melbourne showroom in 1963 later moving to the ...
Afford, Thelma, b. 1908
Costume designer, performer, actor and fashion journalist with a practice from Broken Hill, Adelaide, Sydney and Melbourne. She also designed costumes for early Australian TV ...
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 ...
Annand, Douglas, b. 1903
One of Australia's best known graphic and poster artists, Douglas Annand also had a distinguished career as a camouflage artist during the Second World War. ...
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 ...
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Baker, Nyukana, b. 1943
Pitjantjatjara artist from Ernabella who began painting, designing and weaving in 1963 and producing batik in 1971. Her work is widely exhibited in Australia and ...
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Benporath, Norma, b. 1900
Bovard, Leba
Leba Bovard was an abstract expressionist whose painting career was interrupted by her career in fashion.
Broadhurst, Florence, b. 1899
Acclaimed singer, dancer, actress, artist and designer. Broadhurst was most well known for her vibrant wall-paper designs which were sought after in Australia and internationally ...
Bruce, Aadje , b. 1934
Claringbold, John, b. 1928
Fashion designer and couturier based in Melbourne and Darlington Point, New South Wales. Life partner and collaborator of Ross Weymouth.
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 ...
Crockford, Myrtle, b. 1905
Danciger, Alice, b. 1914
A painter, theatre and fabric designer who worked with some of the most significant modernist artists in Australia.
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 ...
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 ...
Fitzpatrick, Dawn, b. 1922
Fitzpatrick is a textile artist, first exhibiting in Sydney in 1975. She also designs and makes theatre costumes.
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.