Frances Alexander Mabel Letitia Derham b. 15 November 1894

Also known as Frankie Derham, Frances Anderson
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter)
Frances Alexander Mabel Letitia Derham (née Anderson) was a painter, printmaker, art teacher, writer and collector of child art. She was the Australian representative at congresses held by the International Society for Education through Art (InSEA) at Manila and Montreal in the 1960s.

Citations

  • Grant, Nancy (1967), 'Frances Derham interviewed by Nancy Grant, Australian Society for Education through Art Bulletin, vol.3 no.2’.

  • Baddeley, Claire (ed.) (1999), 'Motif & meaning: Aboriginal influences in Australian art, 1930-1970’, Ballarat, Victoria: Ballarat Fine Art Gallery.

  • Butler, Roger (1981), 'Melbourne Woodcuts and Linocuts of the 1920’s and 1930’s, City of Ballaarat Fine Art Gallery catalogue’, Ballarat, Victoria.

  • Derham, Frances (1961), 'Art for the Child under Seven’, Melbourne, Victoria.

  • Eagle, Mary and Minchin, Jan (1981), 'The George Bell School’, Melbourne, Victoria.

  • Hoff, Jennifer (1984), 'Drawings and Paintings by Children from Hermannsburg, Aurukun and Malabunga’, Canberra: National Gallery of Australia catalogue.

  • McCulloch, Alan and McCulloch, Susan (1994), 'The Encyclopedia of Australian Art’, St Leonards, New South Wales.

  • Moore, Felicity St John (1992), 'Classical Modernism: The George Bell Circle’, Melbourne, Victoria: National Gallery of Victoria catalogue.

  • Smith, Bernard (1958), 'Education through Art in Australia’, Melbourne, Victoria.

  • Piscitelli, Barbara (1994), 'The Life of Frances Derham: Process Product and Reflections’, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) thesis, James Cook University, Townsville.

See also

  • 'Kangaroos 1930, linocut on paper (City of Ballaarat Fine Art Gallery)'.
  • 'ADD section 11, plate 479'.

Initial data sources

  • Heritage: The National Women's Art Book