Berthe Julie Lucie Mouchette b. 1846

Also known as Madame Mouchette, Berthe Mouchette
  • Artist (Painter)
painter and teacher, residing in Paris, Melbourne and Adelaide, she taught and created in a variety of media including sculpture, drawings, oil and watercolour paintings and 'Imitation Tapestry.'

Citations

  • The French Presence in Victoria 1800-1901 (December 1984), 'VAS catalogue’, Melbourne December 1984 (cited Wilson), .

  • Borrow, K.T., 'Petite Histoire de l’Alliance Française en Australie Meridionale’.

  • Butler, Roger (1987), 'The Prints of Margaret Preston’, National Gallery of Australia catalogue, Canberra.

  • Comettant, Oscar (1890), 'Au Pays des Kangourous et des Mines d’Or’, Paris, trans. Armstrong, Judith, as 'In the Land of Kangaroos and Gold Mines,’ Adelaide, 1980.

  • Wilson, Shirley Cameron (1988), 'From Shadow into Light’, St Peter’s, SA.

  • (1892), 'Catalogue of the Collection of Paintings of Madame Mouchette and Mademoiselle Lion’, Fraser & Co. auction catalogue, July, 28, Melbourne.

  • (c.1890), 'Catalogue of Paintings and Drawings by the Pupils of Madame Mouchette’, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne.

  • (1891), Age, September, 19.

  • (1891), Bohemian, September, 24.

  • 'Berthe Mouchette’, Artist’s file, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.

  • Information sourced from Drury, John.

  • Davidson, Jim (1984), 'The French Presence in Victoria 1800-1901’, VAS catalogue, Melbourne.

  • (1983), Age, April, 26.

  • Information sourced from Eagle, Mary.

  • Prager, Lisa (editor) (2001), 'National Gallery of Victoria Annual Report 2000-01’, Melbourne, Vic : National Gallery of Victoria.

  • Erickson, Dorothy (2005), 'Rossi, Daisy Mary (1879 – 1974)’, Melbourne, Vic : Australian Dictionary of Biography, Supplementary Volume, Melbourne University Press, pp 345-346.

See also

  • 'The Queen's Bouquet (1891, National Gallery of Victoria), Heritage, section 9, plate 364'.

Initial data sources

  • Heritage with additions