Ailsa O'Connor b. 1921

Also known as Ailsa Margaret Donaldson, Ailsa Margaret O'Connor
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Sculptor),
  • Artist (Painter)
Ailsa O'Connor was a painter, sculptor, print maker, author and teacher. She studied at both the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and Melbourne University and was politically active, joining the Communist Party of Australia in 1944. She later initiated the Asian Australian Child Art Exchange and represented Victoria at the World Congress of Women in Copenhagen in 1953.
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'Australia at War' exhibition
Date
1945
Place
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic.
Description
Type
Exhibition
Anti-Fascist Exhibition
Date
8 December 1942 - 18 December 1942
Place
Athenaeum Art Gallery, Melbourne, Vic.
Type
Exhibition

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Related person groups
  • Contemporary Art Society, VIC (associate of)
  • World Congress of Women (associate of)
  • Union of Australian Women (associate of)
  • Asian Australian Child Art Exchange (associate of)
  • Contemporary Art Society, VIC (associate of)
  • World Congress of Women (associate of)
  • Union of Australian Women (associate of)