Alva Dorothy Gooden b. c.1913

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Gooden was a china painter who is best known for her decoration of many dishes, plates and vases with Australian wildflowers and blackboy trees. Although Alva Gooden painted on a variety of different china including Wembley Ware, she was not one of the artists employed at the Subiaco WA china factory. Much of her work is simply signed ALVA.
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Alva Dorothy Gooden, china painter, is best known for her decoration of many dishes, plates and vases with Australian wildflowers and blackboy (Xanthorrhoea) trees. Although Gooden painted on a variety of different china including Wembley Ware, she was not one of the artist employed at the china factory. Her work includes scenes featuring balga or grass trees set in landscapes. These were painted on tiles, egg cups, plates and other souvenir items.

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Writers:
Erickson, Dorothy (Dr)
susan
duggim
Date written:
2011
Last updated:
2013