Karna Marie Birmingham b. 3 December 1900

Also known as Karna Livingstone, Karna Birmingham
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter)
Karna Marie Birmingham was an illustrator of children's books and arguably may have been more widely acknowledged if she had not contracted an eye disease in 1938 that limited her artistic career.

Citations

  • Mack, Louise (1924), 'Teens’, Three editions: 1924, 1925, 1927. Illustrations.

  • Mack, Amy (1924), 'Bushland Stories’, Three edition: 1924, 1925, 1928. Illustrations.

  • Mack, Amy, 'The Gum Leaf that Flew’, Illustrations.

  • Mack, Amy (1928), 'The Flower Fairies’, Illustrations.

  • Mack, Amy (1928), 'The Fantail’s House’, Illustrations.

  • Mack, Amy (1923), 'Scribbling Sue’, Sydney, NSW, ALSO: 1925. Illustrations.

  • Birmingham, Karna Marie (1934), 'Skippety Songs’, Sydney, NSW, Illustrations.

  • Moore, William (1934), 'The Story of Australian Art’, Sydney, NSW, facsimile reprint 1980.

  • Butler, Roger (1995), 'Sydney by Design’, National Gallery of Art catalogue, Canberra, ACT, p.25 (illustration).

  • McCulloch, Alan & McCulloch, Susan (1994), 'The Encyclopedia of Australian Art’, St Leonards, NSW.

  • Moore, William (1934), 'The Story of Australian Art’, Sydney, NSW, facsimile reprint 1980.

  • Muir, Marcie (1982), 'A History of Australian Childrens Book Illustration’, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Australian Bicentennial Authority.

  • (1990), 'The Australian Historic Records Register’, National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT.

  • Eagle, Mary (1976), Interview and correspondence with Karna Birmingham, Aug-Sept.

  • Information sourced from Birmingham, Terry.

  • Muir, Marcie (1992), 'Australian Children’s Books: A Bibliography’, Melbourne, Vic., vol. 1.

See also

  • 'Heritage, section 3, plate 122'.

Initial data sources

  • Heritage with additions