Alice Marion Ellen Bale b. 11 November 1875

  • Artist (Painter)
Alice Bale never lived elsewhere but her native Victoria. She became a well-known painter in her time and was a great supporter of women in the arts.
exhibited at
Women's Art Club
Place
Melbourne, Vic.
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Know My Name: Australian Women Artists 1900 to now Part 1
Date
14 November 2020 - 4 July 2021
Place
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
Description

Know My Name is an exhibition in two parts at the National Gallery of Australia. It is the largest and most comprehensive exhibition of work by women, presented in a thematic rather than chronological form. It reveals relationships between the present and the past, relationships between artists, and common concerns.

Tags
Women artists, Feminism, Modernism, Indigenous, Painting, Video art, Multimedia, Photo-based art-work, Sculpture, Embroidery
Website
https://knowmyname.nga.gov.au/events/australian-women-artists-1900-now/
exhibited at
Look, Look Again
Date
20 October 2011 - 15 December 2012
Place
Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA
Description

Exhibition showcasing highlights from the Cruthers Collection of Women’s Art (CCWA), which was gifted to the University of Western Australia in 2007. A companion publication titled 'Into the Light’ that documented the history and key works of the CCWA was released to coincide with the exhibition, which also featured a symposium – 'Are we there yet?’ – discussing women’s participation in art and art history and the future of feminism in the arts.

Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.lwgallery.uwa.edu.au/exhibitions/past/look-look-again
exhibited at
Women and Art
Date
4 August 1995 - 5 August 1995
Place
Mary Place Gallery, Paddington, NSW
Description

auction preview for Dalia Stanley Auctioneers, auction held 6 August 1995

Type
Exhibition
Tags
National Women's Art Exhibition
exhibited at
A l'hombre des jeunes filles et des fleurs: In the shadow of young girls and flowers
Date
10 March 1995 - 28 May 1995
Place
Benalla Art Gallery, Benalla , Vic.
Type
Exhibition
Tags
National Women's Art Exhibition
exhibited at
A Century of Australian Women's Art (1880s-1990s)
Date
8 March 1995
Place
Angeloro Fine Art Galleries, Artarmon, NSW
Type
Exhibition
Tags
National Women's Art Exhibition
exhibited at
Review
Date
8 March 1995 - 8 June 1995
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description

Speaking of Women, four guest lectures; by Nancy Underhill, Ann Thomson, Margo Neale, Joan Kerr; held over successive Fridays, 10-31 March 1995, by the Art Gallery Society.

Type
Exhibition
Tags
National Women's Art Exhibition
exhibited at
In the Company of Women: 100 years of Australian women's art from the Cruthers collection
Date
16 February 1995 - 13 March 1995
Place
PICA (Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts), WA
Description

Opened by Dr Liz Constable MLA, Member for Floreat, 15 February 1995

Type
Exhibition
Tags
National Women's Art Exhibition
exhibited at
Australian Women Artists, One Hundred Years 1840 -1940
Date
2 September 1975 - 27 September 1975
Place
Melbourne University, Ewing and George Paton Gallery, Melbourne, Vic.
Description

Touring exhibition, curated by Janine Burke at the Ewing & George Paton Galleries for International Women’s Year, then shown at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Newcastle City Art Gallery and Art Gallery of South Australia.

Type
Exhibition
Tags
International Women's Year
exhibited at
Herald outdoor art show 1953
Date
12 December 1953 - 20 December 1953
Place
Treasury Gardens, Melbourne, Australia
Description

Originally scheduled for 8-13 December 1953 but delayed by summer storms.

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Half Dozen Group of Artists
Date
1943 - 1948
Place
Brisbane, Qld.
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Salon
Date
1939
Place
Paris, France
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
24th annual exhibition of the Society of Women Painters
Date
4 May 1934 - 8 May 1934
Place
Education Department Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Description

Melbourne artists exhibiting at this event were Isabel Tweddle, A. Gates, D. Stone, P. Hurry, Sybil Craig, Nora Gurdon, A.M.E. Bale, Dora Wilson, Edith Downing, Violet McInnes, E.W. Syme, Jessie Mackintosh, Elma Roach, Lillian White, Jessie Traill, Margaret Pestill, Dora Serle
Reviewed in 'Women Painters’, The Sydney Morning Herald, 4 May 1934, p.6

exhibited at
Royal Academy
Date
1933
Place
Burlington House, Piccadilly, London, England, UK
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Fine Art Society's Gallery
Date
April 1930
Place
Melbourne, Vic.
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Exhibition of Australian Art
Date
6 October 1923 - 3 November 1923
Place
Burlington House, Piccadilly, London, England, UK
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Date
1923
Place
Athenaeum Gallery, Melbourne, Vic.
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Victorian Artists' Society
Date
1 January 1870
Place
Melbourne, Vic.
Description

The Victorian Artists’ Society is a society for art practitioners and lovers.
VAS began in 1870 when a small group of artists and lay persons met in magistrate James Robertson’s house at Blessington Street, St. Kilda, to form the Victorian Academy of the Arts.

Type
Exhibition
Website
http://victorianartistssociety.com.au/about-vas