Adrienne Parkes b. 1910

Also known as Kitty Parkes, Mrs Guthrie, The Pansy Artist, Mr Flower
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Early 20th century Sydney cartoonist, illustrator, printmaker and writer Parkes, the grandaughter of politician Henry Parkes, was a founding member of the Workers' Art Club in Sydney.
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Name
Adrienne Parkes
Also known as:
  • Kitty Parkes (attributed name)
  • Mrs Guthrie (attributed name [sic])
  • The Pansy Artist
  • Mr Flower
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Other Occupation
  • Writer (ANZSIC code: 9002)
Birth date
1910
Birth place
Woollahra, Sydney, NSW
Death date
1943
Death place
Mosman, Sydney, NSW
Active Period
  • 1928 - 1943
Residence
  • Melbourne, VIC
  • c.1928 - c.1942 Woollahra, Sydney, NSW
Training
  • c.1928 Etching School of the Australian Painter-Etchers' Society, Sydney, NSW
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Heritage with additions

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References [<ExternalResource: Angeloro, David, 'Directory of Australian/NZ Painter-Etchers 1800-1940 (CD-ROM)'.>, <ExternalResource: 'Worker's', Sydney, NSW : Workers' Art Club, or Workers'.>, <ExternalResource: Merewether, Charles (1984), 'Art and Working Life', Sydney, NSW : Art Gallery of New South Wales catalogue.>, <ExternalResource: (1929), Sydney, NSW: Wentworth Magazine,.>, <ExternalResource: (c.1935), 'Saga : A Protest in Linocut by Worker Artists', Sydney, NSW : Workers' Art Club.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Webber, Helen.>, <ExternalResource: Kerr, Joan (1999), 'Artists and Cartoonists in Black and White', Sydney, NSW : National Trust S. H. Ervin Gallery.>, <ExternalResource: (1937), Sydney, NSW : Man, August, p4.>, <ExternalResource: (1939), Sydney, NSW : Bulletin, 09-13.>, <ExternalResource: Angeloro, David (1995), 'Parkes, Adrienne', Heritage, The National Women's Art Book (ed. by Kerr, Joan), Craftsman House, Sydney, NSW, p.424.>] [<ExternalResource: Angeloro, David, 'Directory of Australian/NZ Painter-Etchers 1800-1940 (CD-ROM)'.>, <ExternalResource: 'Worker's', Sydney, NSW : Workers' Art Club, or Workers'.>]