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

Citations

  • Erickson, Dorothy (2000), 'Art and Design in Western Australia: Perth Technical College 1900-2000’, Central Metropolitan College of TAFE, Perth, WA, pages 58 and 61.

  • Story, Holly in Kerr, Joan (ed.) (1995), 'Heritage: The National Women’s Art Book’, Craftsman House, Sydney, NSW, page 451.

  • Morrow D., Sedgely M. & Walsh A. (1979), 'The Western Australian Women’s Society of Fine Arts and Crafts: It’s Time to Remember: 1835 – 1978’, The Western Australian Women’s Society of Fine Arts and Crafts, Perth, WA.

  • 'Western Australian Women Painters and Applied Arts Society – Reference Files’, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA.

  • (20/11/1942), West Australian, WA.

Initial data sources

  • Western Australian artists, designers & makers (1829-1959)