China painter who was born in Bourke, New South Wales and arrived in Western Australia in 1904. She married H. H. Escourt in 1916 and they went on to have three children. She studied at Perth Technical School under J. W. R. Linton, winning a scholarship, and after World War II studied pottery at Fremantle Technical School. Her teacher was Grace Nicholls who also taught china painting. Escourt exhibited both pottery and china painting.


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Writers:
Dr Dorothy Erickson
Date written:
2010
Last updated:
2011