Augusta 'Dot' Murphy b. 28 April 1886

Also known as Augusta Winifred Murphy, Dot Murphy, Augusta Winifred Norris
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Ceramist)
Chinapainting was a popular craft in southern Australia from the 1920s and paralleled developments in the Arts and Crafts Movement. Dot Murphy is one of the many competent practitioners who produced a significant body of work.

Citations

  • (10 July 2001), 'email from Maureen Prichard to Glenn R. Cooke’.

  • (28 April 1998), 'Letter from Avis Smith to Glenn R. Cooke’, Artist’s file, QAG Library.

  • 'Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD’.

  • Ioannou, Norris (1986), 'Ceramics in South Australia 1836-1986: From folk to studio pottery’, Wakefield Press, Adelaide, pg 293.