Marina Philomena Shaw b. 1903

Also known as Mrs None Flynn, Mrs W. H. Flynn
  • Artist (Sculptor),
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Designer (Industrial / Product Designer)
Painter, china painter, ceramic sculptor and designer who in the1940s won a scholarship to the Slade School of Art but was unable to take it up because of family commitments.
Tags: Ceramic sculpture, China painting

Citations

  • (18/02/1985), 'Australia’s Answer to Clarice Cliff’, House and Garden.

  • Gardells, Muriel (6/06/1946), 'Handpainted China’, Western Mail Women’s Magazine Supplement, p. 10.

  • Lyell, Peter (1955-04), 'How Clay Comes To Life’, Woman’s Dayand Home, p. 41.

  • Erickson, Dorothy (2000), 'Inspired by Light and Land: Designers and Makers in Western Australia’, unpublished manuscript.

  • Meredith, Jan (1949-07), 'Native Motif for your Crockery’, The Australian Home Beautiful, pp. 40-41.

  • 'Perth Woman’s China Painting Filmed’, undated cutting family collection.

  • Morrow, Sedgley and Walsh (1979), 'The Western Australian Women’s Society of Fine Arts and Crafts: Its Time to Remember 1935-1978’, Perth, WA: The Western Australian Women’s Society of Fine Arts and Crafts.

  • (1949-07), Home Beautiful.

Initial data sources

  • Western Australian artists, designers & makers (1829-1959)