Curzona Frances Louise Allport b. 18 July 1860

Also known as Lilly Allport, C. L. Allport
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter)
Painter and printmaker in Tasmania. Second daughter of Morton Allport, a Hobart solicitor and well-known amateur photographer. On 12 February 1894, the Mercury stated that Miss Allport had become 'the first Tasmanian to gain the distinction of having works hung in the Royal Academy' - her work was hung there in 1893, 1894 and 1906.
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Citations

  • Pearce, D. Colbron, 'An art wanderer returns’.

  • Ambrus, Caroline (1984), 'The Ladies’ Picture Show’, Sydney, New South Wales.

  • Backhouse, Sue (1988), 'Tasmanian Artists of the Twentieth Century’, West Hobart, Tas.

  • Butler, Roger and Deutscher, Chris (1978), 'A Survey of Australian Relief Prints 1900-1950’, Deutscher Galleries catalogue, Melbourne, Vic.

  • McCulloch, Alan and McCulloch, Susan (1994), 'The Encyclopedia of Australian Art’, St Leonards, NSW.

  • Stilwell, G.T. (1993), 'Images of Childhood’, Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts catalogue, Hobart, Tas.

  • (1891), Tasmanian Mail, 04-11.

  • (1978), Deutscher Galleries catalogue.

See also

  • 'ADD Sandra Hodgson, 'Spring Song', section 6, plate 232'.

Initial data sources

  • Heritage: The National Women's Art Book

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Related collections
  • Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, TAS (collected in)
  • Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, VIC (collected in)
  • National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts, State Library of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS (collected in)
  • Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, TAS (collected in)
  • Ballarat Fine Art Gallery,Ballarat, VIC (collected in)
  • National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts, State Library of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS (collected in)