Rosemary Wynnis Madigan b. 5 December 1926

Also known as née Madigan Rosemary Wynnis Giles, Rosemary Madigan
  • Artist (Mixed Media Artist),
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Sculptor)
South Australian born sculptor who concentrated on carving stone and wood to produce classically modern sculptures, mainly based on the human figure. Also an influential teacher of sculpture.
Tags: Carving, Stone, Wood, Classical, Modernism

Citations

  • Edwards, Deborah (15 January 2011), 'Rosemary Madigan: Torso 1954 and Torso 1986’.

  • Thomas, Daniel (1992), 'Rosemary Madigan and Robert Klippel’, Carrick Hill catalogue, Adelaide, SA.

  • McCulloch, Alan & McCulloch, Susan (1994), 'The Encyclopedia of Australian Art’, St Leonards, Sydney, NSW.

  • Scarlett, Ken (1980), 'Australian Sculptors’, West Melbourne, Vic.

  • Madigan, Rosemary (2001), 'Rosemary Madigan: A Survey Show 1949-2000’, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney, NSW (invitation).

  • Edwards, Deborah (9 June 1994), '(Interview with Rosemary Madigan)’, Balmain, Sydney, NSW.

  • Parkin, L. W. (1986), 'Madigan, Cecil Thomas (1889 – 1947)’, Melbourne, Vic : Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 10, Melbourne University Press, pp 374-376.

  • Gleeson, James, 'James Gleeson Oral History Collection, Rosemary Madigan interviewed by James Gleeson’, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT.

    http://nga.gov.au/Research/Gleeson/artists/Madigan.cfm

See also

  • 'Chapter 2, plate 95'.
  • 'IMAGE: Heritage Chapter 2, plate 95, Torso n.d. (1954), jarrah wood 47 x 14.5 x 19 cm. Art Gallery of New South Wales, gift of the New South Wales Travelling Art Scholarship Committee 1954.'.

Initial data sources

  • Heritage with additions