Ira Eleanor Elizabeth Forbes-Smith b. 2 February 1920

Also known as Mrs None Kentish
  • Artist ,
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Designer (Industrial / Product Designer),
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Designer of textiles, painter, china painter, leatherworker and art teacher. Forbes-Smith showed regularly with the Western Australian Women Painters and Applied Arts Society. In the 1960s and the 1970s she took trips to South Africa, New Zealand and the various states of Australia exhibiting her work or teaching painting on cruise ships.
Tags: Leatherwork
Name
Ira Eleanor Elizabeth Forbes-Smith
Also known as Mrs None Kentish
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist
  • Artist (Painter)
  • Designer (Industrial / Product Designer)
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Other Occupation
  • Art Teacher (ANZSIC code: 8212)
Tags:
Leatherwork
Birth date
2 February 1920
Birth place
Western Australia
Death date
1994
Active Period
  • c.1941 - c.1979
Residence
  • Perth, WA
  • Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
  • Los Angeles, USA
Training
  • Studied under Iris Francis and Ivor Hunt, 1941 - 1943 Perth Technical School, Perth, WA
  • Adelaide School of Design, Adelaide, SA
  • Perth School of Art
Initial Record Data Source
  • Western Australian artists, designers & makers (1829-1959)