Flora Annie Margaret Landells b. 1 April 1888

Also known as Miss Flora Le Cornu, Miss Flora Le Cornu
  • Artist ,
  • Artist (Painter)
Flora Landells was born in 1888 in Adelaide. She was a successful painter and potter and did much to encourage an interest in pottery in Perth. A role model for younger potters, she was in demand as a speaker, teacher and maker.

Citations

  • Erickson, Dorothy (February 2003), 'Commercial art pottery in Western Australia 1920s-1960s’, Australiana 25/1 (February 2003), 28-35, .

  • Erickson, Dorothy (November 2009), 'A legend in her lifetime: Flora Landells, painter and potter’, Australiana Society.

  • Clifford-Smith, Silas (29 December 2009) 'Information sourced from’.

  • Bell, Robert (1979), 'An introduction to some works in the craft collection’, Perth, WA : Art Gallery of Western Australia, Bulletin.

  • Cochrane, Grace (1992), 'The Crafts Movement in Australia’, Kensington, NSW.

  • Erickson, Dorothy (2000), 'Art and Design in Western Australia: Perth Technical College 1900-2000’, Perth, WA.

  • Fry, Ella (1984), 'Gallery Images’, Perth, WA.

  • Gooding, Janda (1987), 'Western Australian Art and Artists 1900-1950’, Perth, WA : Art Gallery of Western Australia catalogue.

  • Lang, Jean (1987), 'At the Toss of a Coin: Joseph Furphy’, Perth, WA : The Western Link.

  • Letham,Teddye (1973), 'Flora and Reg Landells’, Craft Australia, (vol.3, no.1).

  • McPhee, John (1982), 'Australian Decorative Arts in the Australian National Gallery’, Canberra, ACT.

  • Timms, Peter (1986), 'Australian Studio Pottery and China Painting’, Melbourne, Vic.

  • '(Education Department Staff files)’, Perth, WA : Battye Library of Australian History, State Library of Western Australia.

  • '(Landells’ File)’, Perth, WA : Art Gallery of Western Australia.

  • Landells, Flora (1952), '(Flora Landells)’, Amateur Movie and Cine Film Society (8mm film).

  • Nephew Information sourced from, Dall, Arthur.

  • Niece Information sourced from, Pow, Joan.

  • Information sourced from family members.

See also

  • 'Section 7, plate 292'.

Initial data sources

  • Heritage: The National Women's Art Book