Marlie Claire Hannaford was born on 20 March 1927 in Riverton, South Australia to Douglas Clive Hannaford (1903-1967) and Edna (“Bessie”) May Hannaford, née Wood (1904-1993). Her great-great grandmother, Susannah Hannaford (1790-1861) was one of the early pioneers of the region, having emigrated to the new colony of South Australia in 1840 from Devon, England with five sons and a daughter. Susannah’s youngest son, John Elliott Hannaford, established the Broad Oak property at Riverton, which was farmed by the family over the following 100 years. Marlie’s early years were spent on the farm, along with her sister Nancy (b.1929) and brothers John (b.1936) and Richard (b.1944).
Marlie was educated at the Riverton Primary School and Riverton High School before moving to Adelaide to attend the South Australian School of Fine Arts where she remained for two years, studying full-time under F. Millward Grey, Jacqueline Hick, Mary Harris and Travis Webber. She then commenced employment as an art teacher at Unley High School where she taught for a year. In 1948, she married Bernhard Basedow and left teaching to raise her family of three sons, Peter (b.1948), David (b.1952) and Martin (b.1962).
In 1970, Marlie resumed art studies part-time at the SA School of Fine Arts, completing general drawing, life drawing, and painting. Lecturers during this time included Cecil Hardy, Helen James and Adam Kriegel. She also undertook two years of instruction in etching, screen and relief printing. From 1974, Marlie attended classes in printmaking at the TAFE College, O’Halloran Hill.
In 1976, several years after her divorce from Bern Basedow, Marlie married Friedrich (Fritz) Unmuth. Fritz died in 1997. In June 2014, Marlie died from Motor Neurone Disease.
Professional experience and affiliations
1970 to 1992 Royal South Australian Society of Arts, Adelaide (member)
1970 to 1994 Contemporary Art Centre, Parkside (member)
1971 to 1979 Voluntary teacher at the Art Society for the Handicapped Inc., Fullarton (voluntary teacher)
1979 to 1988 Legacy Club of Adelaide Inc., Adelaide (voluntary teacher)
1982 to 1990 SA Print Workshop, Wayville (member)
1993 to 2013 Red House Group, Marion (member)
Exhibitions*
1970 Contemporary Art Society, Parkside
1972 “Shurdington”, Crafers
1982 Fullarton Community Centre, Fullarton (solo)
1986 Renaissance Centre, Adelaide
1986 Domini Gallery, Adelaide
1986 Kensington Gallery, Kensington
1987 Travelling print exhibition, Minnesota USA
1994 Red House Gallery, Marion**
- group exhibitions unless otherwise stated
- several group exhibitions up until 2012
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- Date written:
- 2019
- Last updated:
- 2019
