Rita Findlay b. 1 January 1893

  • Designer
Findlay began her career as a commercial artist, later becoming advertising manager for the celebrated George's department store, Melbourne. She was an influential figure in the city's interior design industry and drew designers to the store with shrewd buying, advertising and promotion.
Tags: Commercial artist, George's Department Sstore

Citations

  • Roger Leong, “Findlay, Reta Mildred (1893 – 1954)”, Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 14, Melbourne University Press, 1996, pp 165-166.

  • Nanette Carter & Robyn Oswald-Jacobs. Frances Burke, Designer of Modern Textiles. Melbourne Univ. Press, 2021, p.59