Norah Simpson b. 1895

  • Artist (Painter)
Painter Norah Simpson studied under Dattilo Rubbo in Sydney before studying in London under Walter Sickert. While in Europe she collected books and photographs and viewed works by Cézanne, Gauguin, van Gogh, Matisse and Picasso and on her return to Sydney played an important role in providing first-hand information about Post-impressionism to young Sydney artists such as Grace Cossington Smith.
exhibited at
Review
Date
8 March 1995 - 8 June 1995
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description

Speaking of Women, four guest lectures; by Nancy Underhill, Ann Thomson, Margo Neale, Joan Kerr; held over successive Fridays, 10-31 March 1995, by the Art Gallery Society.

Type
Exhibition
Tags
National Women's Art Exhibition
exhibited at
Australian Women Artists, One Hundred Years 1840 -1940
Date
2 September 1975 - 27 September 1975
Place
Melbourne University, Ewing and George Paton Gallery, Melbourne, Vic.
Description

Touring exhibition, curated by Janine Burke at the Ewing & George Paton Galleries for International Women’s Year, then shown at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Newcastle City Art Gallery and Art Gallery of South Australia.

Type
Exhibition
Tags
International Women's Year