Althea Glasby b.

  • Artist
Glasby was an artist and actor (stage and cinema) who had associations with the designer and dancer Paul Furniss. They designed and made a kimono (1920-1929) now in the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney. She studied painting with Antonio Datillo-Rubbo and entered the AGNSW Wynne prize in 1944 with two pictures.
Tags: Wynne Prize entry, Kimono design
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Name
Althea Glasby
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist
Other Occupation
  • professional actor -
Tags:
Wynne Prize entry
Kimono design
Birth date
Birth place
Mosman, Sydney, NSW
Training
  • Royal Academy for the Dramatic Arts, acting diploma, - 1922 Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London, England, United Kingdom

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References [<ExternalResource: Stephen O’Donnell, "Portraits of Harry Furniss aka Paul d'Este/d'Esti aka Paul Furniss, etc., circa 1920s" (association with Althea Glasby)>]