Elsa Mary Lillian Russell b. 18 January 1909

  • Artist (Graphic Designer),
  • Artist (Painter)
Russell, a painter and graphic artist had laughing, brown eyes and even when her hair was white remained lively and lucid. She was drawn to ballet and circus troupes, studying their performers both in Australia and abroad, often using her graphic skills to produce posters for them.
exhibited at
("tribute" exhibition)
Date
11 December 1997 - 20 December 1997
Place
Artarmon Galleries, Artarmon, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Women and Art
Date
4 August 1995 - 5 August 1995
Place
Mary Place Gallery, Paddington, NSW
Description

auction preview for Dalia Stanley Auctioneers, auction held 6 August 1995

Type
Exhibition
Tags
National Women's Art Exhibition
exhibited at
Eveolution: An exhibition of women's art from the Newcastle Region Art Gallery collection
Date
9 March 1995 - June 1995
Place
Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle, NSW
Description

Opened by Deborah Mills and the Lord Mayor of Newcastle, 8 March 1995.

Type
Exhibition
Tags
National Women's Art Exhibition
exhibited at
A Century of Australian Women's Art (1880s-1990s)
Date
8 March 1995
Place
Angeloro Fine Art Galleries, Artarmon, NSW
Type
Exhibition
Tags
National Women's Art Exhibition
exhibited at
Through Women's Eyes
Date
30 July 1994 - 30 June 1995
Place
Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT
Type
Exhibition
Tags
National Women's Art Exhibition
exhibited at
(retrospective)
Date
1989
Place
Woolloomooloo Gallery, Woolloomooloo, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Date
c.1970 - c.1979
Place
Barefoot Gallery, Avalon, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Women Painters: 1st Annual Exhibition
Date
22 July 1958 - 1 August 1958
Place
Bissietta Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Contemporary Art Society Annual Interstate Exhibition
Date
1952
Place
Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Date
1952
Place
David Jones Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Date
1951
Place
His Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, Vic.
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Date
1951
Place
His Majesty's Theatre, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Australian Watercolour Institute's annual exhibition
Date
1886 - 1987
Description
Type
Exhibition