Nancy Wilmot Borlase b. 24 March 1914

Also known as Nancy Borlase
  • Artist (Sculptor),
  • Artist (Painter)
New Zealand-born Nancy Wilmot Borlase arrived in Sydney in 1937, studying sculpture under Lyndon Dadswell under space restrictions in her small bed-sit forced a change to painting. Increasingly inspired by the Abstract Expressionist movements in Europe and New York, Borlase won the Portia Geach Memorial Prize in 2000 for her portrait of Marie and Vida Breckenridge.
Name
Nancy Wilmot Borlase
Also known as Nancy Borlase
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Sculptor)
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Art critic (ANZSIC code: 9002)
  • Journalist (ANZSIC code: 9002)
  • House cleaner
  • Life model
  • Waitress (ANZSIC code: 4511)
  • Fortune teller
  • Lamp-shade maker
Birth date
24 March 1914
Birth place
Taihape, New Zealand
Death date
2006
Death place
Sydney, NSW
Active Period
  • c.1931 - c.2000
Arrival
  • 1937 (Arrived in Sydney, NSW)
Training
  • c.1939- George Bell School, Melbourne, VIC
  • East Sydney Technical College, Darlinghurst, NSW
  • Canterbury College of Art, Christchurch, NZ
  • c.1931- Christchurch School of Art, Christchurch, NZ
Cultural Heritage
  • New Zealand
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Heritage with additions