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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
  • Biographical Data b. 2 February 1920 Western Australia
  • Biography 1 biography
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  • Groups 3 groups
  • Works 1 work
  • Exhibitions 7 exhibitions
  • Collections 3 collections
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  • Parliament House, Canberra, ACT
  • Northam Municipal Art Collection, Northam, WA
  • Shire of Serpentine Jarrahdale, Mundijong, WA
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Updated March 31, 2013
Created March 31, 2013
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