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Theodora Esther Cowan b. 13 November 1868

Also known as Theo Cowan, Theodora Esther Cohen

Artist ,
Artist (Painter),
Artist (Sculptor)

Sculptor, painter, potter and art teacher, born in Sydney, NSW. Resident of London (England) and Sydney (NSW) her later sculptural career seems to have ended in artistic frustration and poverty due in part, she felt, to prejudice because she was a woman.

Parliament House, Canberra, ACT
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT

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University of New England, Armidale, NSW

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http://www.une.edu.au
Parliament House, Sydney, NSW
Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia

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The Art Gallery of New South Wales began in the 1870s as an aspect of the Academy of Art. Later it became known as the National Art Gallery of NSW. This name persisted beyond Federation in 1901. It was given its present name in 1958.
It remains the principal collecting and exhibiting body in NSW and is governed by the Art Gallery of New South Wales Act of 1980.

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Theodora Esther Cowan b. 13 November 1868

Parliament House, Canberra, ACT

National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT

University of New England, Armidale, NSW

Parliament House, Sydney, NSW

Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia

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