Alice Danciger b. 1 August 1914

Also known as A. R. McElwain
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer),
  • Designer (Theatre / Film Designer)
A painter, theatre and fabric designer who worked with some of the most significant modernist artists in Australia.
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Name
Alice Danciger
Also known as A. R. McElwain
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
  • Artist (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer)
  • Designer (Theatre / Film Designer)
Birth date
1 August 1914
Birth place
Antwerp, Belgium
Death date
June 1991
Active Period
  • c.1935 - c.1988
Arrival
  • c.1935
Residence
  • 1972 - 1991 Sydney, New South Wales
  • 1947 - 1972 Rome
  • c.1914 - c.1935 Antwerp, Belgium
  • 1935 - 1938 Paris
  • c.1914 - c.1935 Sydney, New South Wales
Training
  • 1935 - 1938 Salon des Tuileries
Languages
  • English
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  • Heritage with additions

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References [<ExternalResource: Bellew, Peter (1945), 'Pioneering Ballet in Australia', Sydney, New South Wales.>, <ExternalResource: Germaine, Max (1991), 'A Dictionary of Women Artists of Australia', Roseville East, New South Wales.>, <ExternalResource: McPhee, John (1982), 'Australian Decorative Arts in the Australian National Gallery, Silk and Textile Printers: Drysdale', Canberra, ACT.>, <ExternalResource: Smith, Bernard (1953), 'A Catalogue of Oil Paintings in the National Art Gallery of NSW 1875-1952', Sydney, New South Wales.>, <ExternalResource: Smith, Ure (1947), 'A New Approach to Textile Designing by a Group of Australian Artists, catalogue 34', Silk and Textile Printers Pty Ltd, Sydney, New South Wales.>, <ExternalResource: Danciger, Alice (1985), 'Looking back to the Forties', Art in Australia, Volume 23, Issue 1, p 87.>, <ExternalResource: 'Silk and Textile Printers file', National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, (cited McPhee).>]