Lorna Nimmo :: biography at :: at Design and Art Australia Online

Lorna Nimmo b. 11 April 1920

Also known as Lorna Muir Nimmo

Artist (Painter)

A painter who studied at East Sydney Technical College and various colleges and universities in France and the UK. She was the first woman to receive the Wynne Prize, for her painting Valley Farms, in 1941 and the first female president of the Australian Watercolour Institute, presiding from 1955-1958.

exhibited at

With a Brush in Her Hand: Works from the Howard Hinton, Coventry and NERAM collections

Date: 9 March 1995 - April 1995
Place: New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, NSW
Description: Opened 8 March 1995
Type: Exhibition
Tags: National Women's Art Exhibition

exhibited at

Review

Date: 8 March 1995 - 8 June 1995
Place: Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description: Speaking of Women, four guest lectures; by Nancy Underhill, Ann Thomson, Margo Neale, Joan Kerr; held over successive Fridays, 10-31 March 1995, by the Art Gallery Society.
Type: Exhibition
Tags: National Women's Art Exhibition

exhibited at

An exhibition of Women's achievements in the Arts

Date: 31 August 1960 - 9 September 1960
Place: David Jones Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Type: Exhibition

exhibited at

Exhibition of Australian women painters

Date: 4 August 1946 - 18 August 1946
Place: National Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, NSW
Description: Exhibition of works by women painters and portraits of distinguished Australian women by male artists. Held in conjunction with the second conference of the Australian Women’s Charter.
Type: Exhibition

exhibited at