Ms Guelda Esther Leah Pyke b. 11 September 1905

  • Artist (Ceramist),
  • Designer (Jewellery Designer),
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Designer (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer)
Australian ceramist, jewellery and fashion designer who, after visits to Bali and training with George Bell, took up painting in the 1950s and worked in a boldly colourful modernist manner.
exhibited at
Australian artists in Bali: 1930s to now
Date
20 September 2015 - 29 November 2015
Place
McClelland Gallery + Sculpture Park, Langwarrin, Vic.
Description

Australian artists in Bali: 1930s to now. 20 September – 29 November 2015

exhibited at
Animal bird fish
Date
1957
Place
Peter Bray Gallery, Melbourne, Vic.
Description

1957: Animal bird fish – paintings, drawings, prints. Douglas Annand, Margaret Bembins, J. Carrington Smith, Arthur Boyd, Dorothy Braund, John Brack, Charles Bush, Raymond Glass, Robert Grieve, Eileen Mayo, Anne Montgomery, Guelda Pyke, Eric Smith, Edith Wall

exhibited at
Melbourne Contemporary Artists 1954 Exhibition
Date
October 1954
Place
Victorian Artists' Society Gallery, Melbourne, Vic.
Description

Melbourne Contemporary Artists 1954 Exhibition with Jan Nigro, George Bell, Michael Shannon, Roger Kemp, Constance Stokes, Ellen Rubbo, Dorothy Braund, Roma Thompson, Phyl Waterhouse, Ola Cohn, Alan Warren, Alan Foulkes, Dorothy Hemmerde, Lindsay Edward, Geoff Jones, Ron Thackeray. Victorian Artists’ Society

Tags
George Bell, Michael Shannon, Roger Kemp, Constance Stokes, Ellen Rubbo, Dorothy Braund, Phyl Waterhouse, Ola Cohn, Alan Warren, Alan Foulkes, Dorothy Hemmerde, Victorian Artists' Society, Lindsay Edward, Geoff Jones, Ron Thackeray, Roma Thompson, Jan Nigro
exhibited at
Nine Young Victorian Artists
Date
February 1954
Place
Peter Bray Gallery, Melbourne, Vic.
Description

with John Brack, Geoffrey Jones, Barry Kay, Dorothy Braund, John Rogers, Charles Blackman, Helen Ogilvie, Michael Shannon. Peter Bray Gallery. Reviewed 'Art Notes,’ The Age, Wed 24 February 1954, p.2

Tags
John Brack, Geoffrey Jones, Helen Ogilvie, Michael Shannon, Dorothy Braund, Barry Kay, John Rogers
exhibited at
Herald outdoor art show 1953
Date
12 December 1953 - 20 December 1953
Place
Treasury Gardens, Melbourne, Australia
Description

Originally scheduled for 8-13 December 1953 but delayed by summer storms.

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Flowerdale CWA Annual Exhibition
Date
24 October 1953 - 25 October 1953
Place
Flowerdale Hall, 3380 Whittlesea-Yea Rd, Flowerdale, VIC, Australia
Description
  • 1953, 24-25 October: Flowerdale C.W.A annual exhibition, with Murray Griffin, Frank Kane, Guelda Pyke, R. W. Rowed, Arthur Markham, Dorothy Braund, R. Wilkinson, Kathleen Barnes, Helen Ogilvie and H. A. Barnes. opened by Professor Chisholm
Tags
murray griffin, Frank Kane, Reginald Wilfred (Bill) Rowed, Arthur Markham, Dorothy Braund, Helen Ogilvie, Kathleen Barnes
exhibited at
Group exhibition: Ann Montgomery, Eveline Syme and Guelda Pyke
Date
June 1952 - c.June 1952
Place
Ross Hall, Church of England Girls Grammar School, 86 Anderson St, South Yarra, VIC , Australia
Tags
Ann Montgomery, Eveline Syme
exhibited at
1937 group exhibition at Margaret McLean's Gallery
Date
1 December 1937 - 24 December 1937
Place
Margaret McLean's Gallery, Kodak House, 252 Collins Street, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Description

with M. McChesney Mathews, Elma Roach, Madge Freeman, Ola Cohn, Tilda McVea and Klytie Sclater (Pate)

Tags
Elma Roach, Klytie Pate, Madge Freeman, Tilda McVea, M. McChesney Mathews, Ola Cohn
exhibited at
Guelda Pyke and Myrtle Manson arts and crafts.
Date
November 1931 - December 1931
Place
English-speaking Union, 191 Collins Street, Melbourne, VIC, Australia