Clara Southern b. 3 October 1860

Also known as Panther, Mrs John Flinn
  • Artist (Painter)
Clara Southern, painter, studied at the National Gallery of Victoria's Art Schools in 1883-87 under Frederick McCubbin and George Folingsby. Fellow students included Josephine Muntz-Adams, Jane Sutherland, A.M.E. Vale, Emanuel Phillips Fox and Arthur Streeton. Nicknamed 'Panther' for her lithe beauty, Clara Southern was admitted in 1886 as one of the early women members of the students' Buonarotti
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Name
Clara Southern
Also known as:
  • Panther
  • Mrs John Flinn
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Art teacher (ANZSIC code: 8022)
Birth date
3 October 1860
Birth place
Kyneton, Vic.
Death date
15 December 1940
Death place
Warrandyte, Melbourne, Vic.
Active Period
  • 1883 - 1940
Residence
  • 1905 - 1940 Warrandyte, Melbourne, Vic.
  • 1888 - 1898 Grosvenor Chambers, 9 Collins Street, Melbourne, Vic.
  • 1883 - 1887 Melbourne, Vic.
Training
  • Taught by Mme Berthe Mouchette, Melbourne, Vic.
  • Taught by Walter Withers, Heidelberg, Melbourne, Vic.
  • 1883 - 1887 National Gallery of Victoria's Art Schools, Melbourne, Vic.
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Heritage: The National Women's Art Book

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Alternative names
  • Panther
  • Mrs John Flinn
  • Panther
  • Mrs John Flinn
Related people
  • Streeton, Arthur (associate of)
  • Withers, Walter (associate of)
  • Boyd, Penleigh (associate of)
  • Herbert, Harold (associate of)
  • Teague, Violet (associate of)
  • Price, Jane (associate of)
  • Crozier, Frank R. (associate of)
  • McCubbin, Frederick (associate of)
  • Wheeler, Charles (associate of)
  • Sweatman, Jo (associate of)
  • Fox, Emanuel Phillips (associate of)
  • Teague, Una (associate of)
  • Tweddle, Isabel Hunter (associate of)
  • Folingsby, G.F. (associate of)
  • Flinn, John (spouse of)
  • Southern, John (child of)
  • Mouchette, Berthe (associate of)
  • Muntz-Adams, Josephine (associate of)
  • Vale, A. M. E. (associate of)
  • Southern, Jane (child of)
  • Streeton, Arthur (associate of)
  • Withers, Walter (associate of)
  • Boyd, Penleigh (associate of)
  • Herbert, Harold (associate of)
  • Teague, Violet (associate of)
  • Price, Jane (associate of)
  • Crozier, Frank R. (associate of)
  • McCubbin, Frederick (associate of)
  • Wheeler, Charles (associate of)
  • Sweatman, Jo (associate of)
  • Fox, Emanuel Phillips (associate of)
  • Teague, Una (associate of)
  • Tweddle, Isabel Hunter (associate of)
  • Folingsby, G.F. (associate of)
  • Flinn, John (spouse of)
  • Southern, John (child of)
  • Mouchette, Berthe (associate of)
  • Muntz-Adams, Josephine (associate of)
  • Vale, A. M. E. (associate of)
  • Southern, Jane (child of)
Related person groups
  • Victorian Artists' Society (associate of)
  • Australian Art Association (associate of)
  • Buonarotti Society (associate of)
  • Lyceum Club (associate of)
  • Eaglemont artists' camps (associate of)
  • Heidelberg artists (associate of)
  • Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors (associate of)
  • Annie May and Mina Moore (associate of)
  • Victorian Artists' Society (associate of)
  • Australian Art Association (associate of)
  • Buonarotti Society (associate of)
  • Lyceum Club (associate of)
  • Eaglemont artists' camps (associate of)
  • Heidelberg artists (associate of)
  • Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors (associate of)
Related collections
  • City of Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, VIC (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • City of Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, VIC (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • First woman to serve on the committee of the Australian Art Association. (received)
  • First woman member of the Australian Art Association. (received)
  • Admitted as one of the early women members of the National Gallery of Victoria's art students' Buonarotti Society. (received)
  • First woman to serve on the committee of the Australian Art Association. (received)
  • First woman member of the Australian Art Association. (received)
  • Admitted as one of the early women members of the National Gallery of Victoria's art students' Buonarotti Society. (received)
Related events
  • Artists' Bushfire Relief Fund Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Exhibition in aid of the Hermannsburg Water Supply in Central Australia (exhibited at)
  • Australian Art Association Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Australian Art Association Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Australian Art Association Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Australian Art Association Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • First Australian Women's Work Exhibition (None)
  • Victorian Artists' Society (exhibited at)
  • Artists' Bushfire Relief Fund Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Exhibition in aid of the Hermannsburg Water Supply in Central Australia (exhibited at)
  • Australian Art Association Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Australian Art Association Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Australian Art Association Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Australian Art Association Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • First Australian Women's Work Exhibition (None)
  • Victorian Artists' Society (exhibited at)
Field Changes
Biography
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