Dircksey Constance Cowan b. 1880

  • Artist (Painter)
Dircksey Constance Cowan was born in 1880. She was an amateur artist. Cowan's mother was Edith Cowan - noted feminist and the first woman parliamentarian in Australia. She was a founding member of the Western Australian Historical Society in 1926. Cowan exhibited her work in the 1900 'Paris Exposition' and at the 'Glasgow International Exhibition' in 1902.
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Citations

  • Cowan, Peter (1978), 'A Unique Position: A Biography of Edith Dircksey Cowan 1861-1932’, University of Western Australia Press, Perth, WA.

Initial data sources

  • Western Australian artists, designers & makers (1829-1959)

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