Muriel Shaw b. 1911

Also known as Mim Shaw, Muriel Florence Snell Shaw, Muriel Foote, Muriel Florence Snell Foote
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Ceramist)
Painter and printmaker known by her nickname 'Mim'. A member of the Half Dozen Group of Artists in Brisbane, Shaw travelled extensively overseas and taught art for many years in Sydney and Brisbane. A regular student herself, Shaw studied printmaking, painting, pottery and design.
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Citations

  • Shaw, Muriel (December 1944), 'St Hilda’s 1944 School Magazine’, Southport, p.9 Art notes, .

  • (1942), 'The Plantation Woodcut by Muriel Foote’, Meanjin Papers Contemporary: Verse and Prose, Vol 2. No. 3, Spring.

  • Timms, Peter (1986), 'Australian Studio Pottery and China Painting’, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, Vic., p.139.

  • Cooke, Glenn & Edwards, Deborah (1983), 'L.J. Harvey and His School’, Queensland Art Galley, Brisbane, Qld, p.101.

  • Duhig, Dr. (4 May 1941), 'Women well known in the Art World’, The Steering Wheel and Society Home, p.38.

  • Hansen, Maureen (2005), 'The Wesley Hospital 'Women in Art’ Exhibition; Every Woman Expo’, Exhibition Catalogue, Brisbane, Qld.

  • Kerr, Joan (1995), 'Heritage: The National Woman’s Art Book’, G+B Arts International Limited and Art & Australia Book, pp 152-153 & 447-448.

  • Young, John & McDonnell, J.L (1937), 'A Group of Young Painters’, Macquarie Galleries Catalogue, Bligh Street, Sydney, NSW.

  • Barron, Claire (30 September 1993), 'Painting exhibition to honor artist’, South East Advertiser, Brisbane, Qld.

See also

  • 'Dr Duhig, "Women well known in the Art World" in Steering Wheel and Society Home, 1941-05-04, p.38 (photograph)'.
  • 'Heritage: Section 6, plate 252'.