Mary Alice Evatt b. 15 December 1898

Also known as Mas
  • Architect (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect),
  • Artist (Sculptor),
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Painter)
Artist, social activist, art collector and Trustee of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Evatt's best known work was an oil painting entitled 'Footballers' which she made while studying under George Bell.
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Citations

  • Atkinson, Yvonne (1981), 'With My Little Eye’, 1980-81 manuscript, quoted Mary Eagle & Jan Minchin, 'The George Bell School,’ Melbourne, Vic.

  • Boyde, Melissa (guest curator) (2002), '“A fresh point of view”: the life and work of Mary Alice Evatt’, Mary Alice Evatt: “Mas” 1898-1973, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery catalogue, Bathurst, NSW.

  • Crockett, Peter (1993), 'Evatt: A Life’, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Eagle, Mary (1990), 'Australian Modern Painting between the Wars 1914-1939’, (n.d.), Sydney, NSW.

  • Moore, Felicity St John (1992), 'Classical Modernism: The George Bell Circle’, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Tennant, Kylie (1970), 'Evatt: Politics and Justice’, Sydney, NSW.

  • Evatt, Mary Alice (1996), 'The Crowley Fizelle Art School’, Art Gallery of New South Wales Quarterly 8/1 (October 1966), pp. 314-16; quoted Boyde, p.7.

  • Information sourced from Boyde, Melissa.

See also

  • 'Section 6, no. 251. Footballers 1936, oil on cardboard 71 x 48.2 cm. Private collection.'.

Initial data sources

  • Heritage with additions