Ailsa Allan b. c.1899

Also known as Ailsa Craig, Ailsa Lee Brown
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter)
Australian born painter and printmaker, Allan studied with Thea Proctor and Adelaide Perry at Julian Ashton's Sydney Art School in the late 1920s. Proctor would later praise Allan's wood engravings in an article entitled 'Modern Art in Sydney' that was published in Art and Australia in 1938.
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Name
Ailsa Allan
Also known as:
  • Ailsa Craig
  • Ailsa Lee Brown
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Painter)
Birth date
c.1899
Birth place
Newtown, Sydney, NSW
Birth note
NSW Records gives date as 1898
Death date
9 February 1943
Death place
Palm Beach, Sydney, NSW
Active Period
  • c.1927 - c.1938
Residence
  • 1936 - 1943 Palm Beach, Sydney, NSW
  • 1935 - 1936 Brisbane, Qld.
  • c.1921- San Francisco, California, USA
  • c.1899 - c.1935 Sydney, NSW
Training
  • Bachelor of Economics, University of Sydney, NSW
  • 1927 - 1932 Sydney Art School, Sydney, NSW
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Heritage with additions

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References [<ExternalResource: 'NSW Death Records : 3499/1943'.>, <ExternalResource: 'NSW Marriage Records : 13264/1935'.>, <ExternalResource: 'NSW Birth Records : 5661/1898'.>, <ExternalResource: Butler, Roger (1995), 'Sydney by Design', http://www.australianprints.gov.au/.>, <ExternalResource: Deutscher, Chris / Butler, Roger (1978), 'A Survey of Australian Relief Prints 1905 1950', Deutscher Galleries catalogue, Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Proctor, Thea (1938), 'Modern art in Sydney', Art in Australia, 11-15.>, <ExternalResource: (1987), 'Masterpieces of Australian Printmaking', Joseph Lebovic Gallery catalogue, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: (1980), 'The Thirties and Australia', S.H. Ervin Gallery catalogue, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: (1929), Undergrowth, January-February.>, <ExternalResource: 'Joan Kerr Archive', National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT.>] [<ExternalResource: 'NSW Death Records : 3499/1943'.>, <ExternalResource: 'NSW Marriage Records : 13264/1935'.>, <ExternalResource: 'NSW Birth Records : 5661/1898'.>]