Frances Burke b. 1907

  • Designer (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer)
Burke founded screen-printing business, Burway Prints, Melbourne 1937. Established and managed "New Design" retail outlet, founder member Society of Designers for Industry. Her textile designs featured fauna and flora (often Australian), abstract appropriations of Aboriginal designs and organic forms drawn from nature.
exhibited at
Frances Burke fabrics
Date
1996
Place
RMIT Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
Description

Funding the Textile Resource Collection.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
RMIT Gallery program; State Library of Victoria catalogue

Exhibition Catalogue:
Exclusive hand prints/ Francis Mary Burke. Melbourne: RMIT, 1996
12 p: col ill ; 21 cm

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Major Solo, Textiles
exhibited at
Women hold up half the sky
Date
March 1995 - April 1995
Place
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
Description

Opened by the Hon. Dr Carmen Lawrence. Heritage book launched at the same time. The touring exhibition, Sydney by Design, formed one section of this exhibition.

Type
Exhibition
Tags
National Women's Art Exhibition
exhibited at
An exhibition of industrial designs
Date
18 November 1952 - 29 November 1952
Place
Woollahra Arts Centre, Double Bay, Sydney, New South Wales
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
7 Designers
Date
30 September 1948 - 15 October 1948
Place
David Jones Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Description

An exhibition of Australian designers curated by Marion Hall Best in her new position as director of the David Jones Art Gallery. (30 September – 15 October, 1948) The exhibitors included James A B Linton (metalsmith), Frances Burke, Gordon Andrews, Steven Kalmar, Richards and Buchanan (fabric), Allan Lowe (potter) and Professor George Korody (Artes Studio). Images and expanded entry available from http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/?irn=161627#ixzz2uthdRnSG
Under Creative Commons License: Attribution Non-Commercial

Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/?irn=161627&utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=828f4d948d537cf