Florence Turner Blake b. 26 October 1873

Also known as Florence Turner Mofflin, Florence Turner Greaves, Florence Mofflin
  • Artist (Painter)
Encouraged to take up art lessons by her neighbour Julian Ashton, Blake raised money to pay for classes by breeding pups from her pug dog. It wasn't until after her divorce and the death of her father however that she really began to practice her art and in 1925 she studied painting under Henry Tonks at the Slade School of Art in London. It was at this time that she also became friendly with Lucie

Citations

  • McCulloch, Alan & McCulloch, Susan (1994), 'Encyclopedia of Australian Art’, St Leonards, NSW.

  • Thomas, Daniel (1969), 'Florence Blake’, Art Gallery of New South Wales Quarterly, vol.10 no.4, July.

  • Waterhouse, Jill, 'Florence Turner Blake Mofflin’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 13 (& poss. vol. 15).

  • (1933), 'Retrospective Exhibition of the Sydney Art School’, catalogue, Sydney, NSW.

  • Society of Artists exhibition records.

  • Thomas, Daniel, 'Florence Mofflin’, Art Gallery of New South Wales, roneoed leaflet biography files.

See also

  • 'Florence Mofflin (later Turner Blake), studio photograph by Judith Fletcher (ML, SLNSW).'.
  • 'Heritage: section 6, plate 235'.

Initial data sources

  • Heritage with additions