Anne Alison Greene b. 1878

  • Artist (Painter)
Greene helped her sisters set up a Ladies' High School in Tenterfield and the Moreton Bay Girls' High School at Wynnum before pursuing her own artistic interests. She travelled to Europe and studied in London before setting up a studio and continuing to study in Paris. A member of the Société des Beaux Arts from 1928, illness forced Greene to return to Brisbane in 1946.

Citations

  • Larner, Bronwyn and Considine, Fran (1988), 'A Complementary Caste’, Centre Gallery catalogue, Surfers Paradise, Qld.

  • Ambrus, Caroline (1984), 'The Ladies Picture Show’, Sydney, NSW.

  • Greene, Alice (1951), 'Moreton Bay School’s jubilee – Founder looks back 50 years’, Queensland Country Life, 11-29.

  • Lahey, Vida (1959), 'Art in Queensland 1859-1959’, Brisbane, Qld.

  • McCulloch, Alan (1984), 'Encyclopedia of Australian Art’, Hawthorn, Vic.

  • Moore, William (1934), 'The Story of Australian Art’, Sydney, NSW.

  • (1975), 'Five Queensland Women Artists’, Queensland Art Gallery catalogue, Brisbane, Qld.

  • (1984), Tenterfield Star, 01-16.

  • Moore, William (1927), 'Art and artists’, Brisbane Courier, 07-02.

  • Information sourced from Larner.

Initial data sources

  • Legacy data. Source 'unknown'