painter, printmaker and commercial artist, was born in Braidwood (NSW) on 25 May 1916, daughter of H.R. Beatty, the local doctor at Braidwood, and his wife. Attended Presbyterian Ladies’ College, Croydon until 1933 and probably made her first linocuts there. Studied at Julian Ashton 's Sydney Art School from 1933 and with Adelaide Perry (1934-37). Her only known linocuts were produced in 1936 and include a scene on the sailing ship Joseph Conrad owned by the businessman Alan Villiers, entitled Holy Stone, Joseph Conrad (men scrubbing deck) 1936, linocut, National Gallery of Australia. The subject was also used for prints by other art students.
In the late 1930s Beatty worked as a commercial artist from a studio in Daley Street, Sydney, which she shared with Betty Arnott and a few other students producing black and white drawings and paintings for advertisements and dress illustrations. In 1943 she married William Fesq, a wine and spirit merchant. After raising a family, she returned to painting in the late 1950s. Her last works were life drawings done with Mary White. Died Sydney in 1979.
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- Date written:
- 1996
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