Olive Crane b. 9 May 1895

Also known as Olive Kathleen Crane, O. C., O. K. C.
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator),
  • Artist (Painter)
Early 20th century sketcher and book illustrator. She was a contemporary of Grace Crowley and Myra Cocks - the three women were among the 'younger skilled brigade' at Julian Ashton's Art School. Crane made little distinction between so called high art and decorative work, and became very well known for her stylised aesthetic.
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Citations

  • 'NSW Marriage Records: 1494/1879’.

  • 'NSW Birth Records: 19994/1895’.

  • 'Hermes’, Sydney, NSW: Sydney University Union publication, XXII/2 1916-08, p61; XXIII 1 1917-05, pp18, 52; XXIII/2 1917-08, pp87, 151-2.

  • Moore, William (1934), 'The Story of Australian Art’, 2 vols, Sydney, NSW, (facsimile reprint, 1930).

  • Holden, Robert (1992), 'A Golden Age: Visions of Fantasy’, Pymble, NSW: Angus & Robertson.

  • Moore, William (1934), 'The Story of Australian Art’, 2 vols, Sydney, NSW, (facsimile reprint, 1930).

  • Cross, Zora (1918), 'The City of Riddle-Me-Ree’, Sydney, NSW.

  • Information sourced from Campbell, B.

  • Information sourced from Macqueen, Revan.

  • Rainbird, Stephen (2000), 'Macqueen, Kenneth Robertson (1897 – 1960)’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol 15, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, Victoria, pp 275-276.

  • Eisenberg, Joseph (1987), 'Olive Crane 1896-1935: Works on Paper’, Armidale, NSW: New England Regional Art Museum catalogue.

  • (1920), 'The Society of Artists Pictures: special number of Art in Australia’, Sydney, NSW: Art in Australia Ltd, plate 40.

See also

  • 'Heritage: ADD section 11, plate 476'.
  • 'Olive Crane, photograph by Bernice Agar from Home, 1 Dec 1921'.

Initial data sources

  • Heritage with additions