Iris Duncan Francis b. 1913

  • Artist (Painter)
Raised in an artistic family Francis was diverse in her art-making, fearlessly experimenting with techniques and media. Equally diverse in her working life, she combined teaching with playing in orchestras to entertain the wartime troops and translating aerial photographs of WA's northwest into topographical maps for the army.
exhibited at
Look, Look Again
Date
20 October 2011 - 15 December 2012
Place
Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA
Description

Exhibition showcasing highlights from the Cruthers Collection of Women’s Art (CCWA), which was gifted to the University of Western Australia in 2007. A companion publication titled 'Into the Light’ that documented the history and key works of the CCWA was released to coincide with the exhibition, which also featured a symposium – 'Are we there yet?’ – discussing women’s participation in art and art history and the future of feminism in the arts.

Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.lwgallery.uwa.edu.au/exhibitions/past/look-look-again
exhibited at
Retrospective
Date
2003
Place
Central TAFE
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
The Two Aquarians
Date
1994
Place
Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle, WA
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Beyond the Image: Western Australian Women Artists 1920-1960
Date
1990
Place
LWG
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Aspects of Perth Modernism
Date
1986
Place
University of Western Australia, Perth, WA
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Perth Prize for Contemporary Art
Date
1956
Place
Perth, WA
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Festival of Perth
Date
1956
Place
Perth, WA
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Perth Prize for Contemporary Art
Date
1956
Place
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Portia Bennett, Iris Francis, Kath Jarvis
Date
1952
Place
Newspaper House Gallery, Perth, WA
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Western Australian Jubilee Exhibition of Paintings
Date
1951
Place
Perth, WA
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Western Australian Jubilee Exhibition of Paintings
Date
1951
Place
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA
Description

toured around the country

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Art Competition
Date
1950
Place
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Claude Hotchin Art Prize
Date
1949
Place
Claude Hotchin Art Gallery, Perth, WA
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
[exhibition]
Date
1948
Place
Studio Club
Type
Exhibition
Note
also in 1949 and 1952
exhibited at
Paintings and Drawings by Allon Cook, Iris Francis and Katherine Jarvis
Date
1945
Place
Newspaper House Gallery, Perth, WA
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
[exhibition]
Date
1938
Place
Perth Society of Artists, Perth, WA
Type
Exhibition
Note
also from 1939-1974
exhibited at
Exhibition of Western Australian Art 1826-1937
Date
1937
Place
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Date
1934
Place
Newspaper House Gallery, Perth, WA
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Exhibition of Kath Stephens, Iris Francis and Bessie Saunders
Date
1934
Place
Newspaper House Gallery, Perth, WA
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
[exhibition]
Date
1934
Place
West Australian Society of Arts, WA
Type
Exhibition
Note
also in 1936 and 1937