Ailsa Allan b. c.1898

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.1898
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
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Related people
  • Proctor, Thea (associate of)
  • Ashton, Julian (associate of)
  • Lee-Brown, Mitty (associate of)
  • Lee-Brown, Mitty (parent of)
  • Perry, Adelaide (associate of)
  • Craig, Maria Graeme (child of)
  • Craig, Robert Gordon (child of)
  • Brown, Lee (spouse of)
  • Allan, G. U. Scotty (spouse of)
  • Proctor, Thea (associate of)
  • Ashton, Julian (associate of)
  • Lee-Brown, Mitty (associate of)
  • Lee-Brown, Mitty (parent of)
  • Perry, Adelaide (associate of)
  • Craig, Maria Graeme (child of)
  • Craig, Robert Gordon (child of)
  • Brown, Lee (spouse of)
  • Allan, G. U. Scotty (spouse of)
Related person groups
  • NSW Society of Artists (associate of)
  • NSW Society of Artists (associate of)
Related works
  • Open, Please (creator of)
  • Dressmakers (creator of)
  • The Mother (creator of)
  • Waiting (creator of)
  • Open, Please (creator of)
  • Dressmakers (creator of)
  • The Mother (creator of)
  • Waiting (creator of)
Related collections
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia (collected in)
Related events
  • NSW Society of Artists (exhibited at)
  • NSW Society of Artists (exhibited at)
Field Changes
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