Elizabeth Gibson b. 1868

Also known as Bessie Gibson, Elizabeth Dickson Gibson
  • Artist (Painter)
Painter of miniatures, Bessie studied and exhibited mainly in Paris and then London for most of her life, returning to Australia in 1947 when she was in her 70's.

Citations

  • Ambrus, Caroline (1984), 'The Ladies’ Picture Show’, Sydney, New South Wales.

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

  • Fry, Edith (18 March 1922), 'Australian artists in Paris’, Sydney Morning Herald.

  • Larner, Bronwyn and Considine, Fran (1988), 'A Complementary Caste’, Centre Gallery catalogue, Surfers Paradise, Queensland.

  • Underhill, Nancy D.H. (1978), 'Elizabeth Dickson Gibson’, Queensland University Travelling Exhibition catalogue, Brisbane.

  • (6 December 1930), Courier Mail (Brisbane).

  • (21 July 1930), Herald (Melbourne).

  • Underhill, Nancy D.H. (1979), 'Bessie Gibson 1868-1961’, Art and Australia, vol.17 no.1, spring.

  • Underhill, Nancy D.H., 'Elizabeth Dickson Gibson’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, ed. D. Pike, A. Shaw, M. Clark, B. Nairn, G. Serle and R. Ward, vol. 8, Melbourne. Victoria.

See also

  • '(Heritage biography) ADD section 2, plate 64'.

Initial data sources

  • Heritage with additions