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.

Citations

  • Germaine, Max (1991), 'A Dictionary of Women Artists of Australia’, Roseville East, NSW.

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

  • '[Artist’s file]’, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW.

See also

  • 'Heritage: section 8, plate 355'.

Initial data sources

  • Heritage with additions