Bess Norriss Tait b. 17 May 1878

Also known as Elizabeth May Norriss Tait, Bess Norriss Tait
  • Artist (Painter)
A miniaturist and watercolourist. In London she was renowned for her miniatures and exhibited them at the New Salon in Paris and the Royal Academy in London.

Citations

  • (2001), 'Mirror Mirror’, National Portrait Gallery, London, England, UK, (Women artists’ self portraits).

  • (1981), 'A Dictionary of Contemporary British Artists, 1929’, reprint Woodbridge, UK [Dolman, Bernard (ed.)].

  • Foskett, Daphne (1987), 'Miniatures: Dictionary and Guide’, Woodbridge, UK.

  • Fry, Edith M. (1922), 'The work of Bess Norriss’, Art in Australia, 11-01.

  • Matters, Leonard W. (Mrs) (1913), 'Australians Who Count in London and Who Count in Western Australia’, London, England, UK.

  • van Straten, F. (1990), 'Elizabeth May Norriss (under 'Tait Brothers’)’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 12, [Ritchie, J. (ed.)], Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, Vic.

  • (1945), 'Who’s Who’, London, England, UK.

  • (1934), 'Who’s Who in Art’, London, England, UK.

  • (1910), 'Mrs. Bess Norris [sic] Tait’, Art and Architecture (July-August 1910).

  • (1908), Australasian, 06-20.

  • (1908), 'Australian art & sculpture at the Royal Academy’, Sydney Mail, 07-15.

  • Information sourced from Ryan, Anne.

See also

  • 'PORTRAIT: Bess Norriss Tait, photograph by Yvonne Gregory, The Home 1 August 1925; Portrait of Bess Norris Tait (almost certainly a self-portrait), NPG London 4054, watercolour.'.
  • 'Heritage: Section 5, plate 193', Caption: Lydia (Mrs Russell of Chelsea) n.d. (c.1906), watercolour on ivory 13.2 x 10.3 cm, signed l.r. 'Bess Norriss'. AGNSW, purchased 1910.

Initial data sources

  • Heritage: The National Women's Art Book