Olive Nock b. 26 April 1893

  • Artist (Painter)
A china painter, leather and poker worker, embroiderer, fabric painter and bookbinder. Whilst working at her family's hardware store she studied at Hornsby Technical College.

Citations

  • Baddeley, Claire (curator) (1999), 'Motif & meaning : Aboriginal influences in Australian art, 1930-1970’, Ballarat, Vic. : Ballarat Fine Art Gallery.

  • (1991), 'History of the Society of Arts & Crafts of NSW 1906-1991’, Sydney, NSW [McFarlane, Nonie and Mackintolty, Judy (eds.)].

  • Sumner, Christina (1991), 'Olive Nock’, Decorative Arts and Design from the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.

  • Timms, Peter (1986), 'Australian Studio Pottery and China Painting’, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Nock, Olive (1976), 'Biographical Notes’, Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Sydney (Powerhouse Museum), NSW (manuscript file 407).

See also

  • 'Breakfast Set 1936 (Powerhouse Museum) has Aboriginal design (ill. Baddeley, p.29)'.
  • 'Section 11, plate 478'.

Initial data sources

  • Heritage: The National Women's Art Book