Ada Bell

  • Artist (Painter)
Miss Ada Bell's work, exhibited in the 1893 Art Society of NSW exhibition, received mixed reviews in the press. Described by the Sydney Illustrated News as "one of the best, if not the best", the Bulletin reviewer described her still life work as simply "not above the average".

painter, showed oils in the 14th annual Art Society of NSW exhibition in 1893: 'No.233. Pansies by Miss Ada Bell: One of the best if not the best, of the flower studies in the collection’ ( Illustrated Sydney News , 2 September 1893, 3). 'Miss Ada Bell is dirty in her flesh-tints in the life-study of a girl’s head, while her still-life work is not above the average’ ( Bulletin , 9 September 1893, 14).

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Staff Writer
Date written:
1999
Last updated:
2011