Edith Lilla Holmes b. 9 March 1893

  • Artist (Painter)
Painter, she spent most of her life in Tasmania, but also exhibited in Melbourne where her work was popular in the 1930 and 1940s.

Citations

  • Hickey, Janice (1975), 'Notes on Edith Holmes’, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, Tas. (photocopy), The artist’s niece.

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

  • (1986), 'Edith Holmes Exhibition’, Masterpiece Fine Art Gallery, Hobart, Tas., Angus, Max (foreword).

  • Backhouse, Sue (1988), 'Tasmanian Artists of the Twentieth Century’, West Hobart, Tas.

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

  • Kolenberg, Hendrik (1983), 'Edith Holmes [and] Dorothy Stoner: Two Retrospectives’, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, Tas.

  • Holmes, Edith & de Berg, Hazel (1965), 'Interview with Hazel de Berg 8 October 1965: National Library of Australia, oral history project, tape 113’, National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT.

See also

  • 'Section 9, plate 395'.
  • 'PORTRAIT: Edith Holmes, pastel and watercolour by Florence Rodway (Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart. Tas.)'.

Initial data sources

  • Heritage: The National Women's Art Book