Dorrit Black b. 1891

Also known as Dorothea Foster Black
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Printmaker)
A contemporary of Grace Crowley and Ralph Balson, Dorrit Black was both a painter and printmaker, particularly of linocuts. An active member of both the Sydney and Adelaide arts communities, Black, who founded Group 9, was also involved in Sydney's Modern Art Centre and the Contemporary Art Society in Adelaide.

Citations

  • Burke, Janine (1980), 'Australian Women Artists 1840-1940’, Collingwood, Vic.

  • Coppel, Stephen (1992), 'Claude Flight and His Followers: The Colour Linocut Movement between the Wars’, National Gallery of Australia catalogue, Canberra, ACT.

  • Deutscher, Chris & Butler, Roger (1978), 'A Survey of Australian Relief Prints 1900-1950’, Deutscher Galleries catalogue, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Eagle, Mary (1990), 'Australian Modern Painting between the Wars 1914-1939’, Sydney, NSW.

  • McCulloch, Alan (1984), 'Encyclopedia of Australian Art’, Melbourne, Vic., 2nd edition.

  • North, Ian (1979), 'The Art of Dorrit Black’, Melbourne, Vic.

  • (1991), 'Acquistions 1990’, Bendigo Art Gallery catalogue, 1 Feb – 17 Mar exhibition, Bendigo, Vic.

  • North, Ian (1985), 'Claude Flight and his Australian pupils’, Print Quarterly, vol. 11, no. 4, Dec.

  • North, Ian (1979), 'Dorrit Black’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 17, Melbourne, Vic.

  • North, Ian (1975), 'Dorrit Black’, Art Gallery of South Australian catalogue, Adelaide, SA.

See also

  • ''The Leg Action Conductor' in Manuscripts 12 (20 February 1935), 51'.
  • 'Heritage: section 2, plate 80'.

Initial data sources

  • Heritage with additions