Dora L. Wilson b. 31 August 1883

Also known as Dora Lynell Wilson
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Printmaker)
Best known for her street scenes showing figures in dappled light, Dora Wilson was also a printmaker who was awarded a silver medal for the best etching at the 1907 First Australian Exhibition of Women's Work, Melbourne.
Tags: Portraits, children, street scenes, landscape, feminist, pastels
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exhibited at
Women and Art
Date
4 August 1995 - 5 August 1995
Place
Mary Place Gallery, Paddington, NSW
Description

auction preview for Dalia Stanley Auctioneers, auction held 6 August 1995

Type
Exhibition
Tags
National Women's Art Exhibition
exhibited at
A l'hombre des jeunes filles et des fleurs: In the shadow of young girls and flowers
Date
10 March 1995 - 28 May 1995
Place
Benalla Art Gallery, Benalla , Vic.
Type
Exhibition
Tags
National Women's Art Exhibition
exhibited at
A Century of Australian Women's Art (1880s-1990s)
Date
8 March 1995
Place
Angeloro Fine Art Galleries, Artarmon, NSW
Type
Exhibition
Tags
National Women's Art Exhibition
exhibited at
Review
Date
8 March 1995 - 8 June 1995
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description

Speaking of Women, four guest lectures; by Nancy Underhill, Ann Thomson, Margo Neale, Joan Kerr; held over successive Fridays, 10-31 March 1995, by the Art Gallery Society.

Type
Exhibition
Tags
National Women's Art Exhibition
exhibited at
Women hold up half the sky
Date
March 1995 - April 1995
Place
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
Description

Opened by the Hon. Dr Carmen Lawrence. Heritage book launched at the same time. The touring exhibition, Sydney by Design, formed one section of this exhibition.

Type
Exhibition
Tags
National Women's Art Exhibition
exhibited at
Women Artists' Portraits and Self-portraits
Date
March 1995
Place
State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic.
Type
Exhibition
Tags
National Women's Art Exhibition
exhibited at
In the Company of Women: 100 years of Australian women's art from the Cruthers collection
Date
16 February 1995 - 13 March 1995
Place
PICA (Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts), WA
Description

Opened by Dr Liz Constable MLA, Member for Floreat, 15 February 1995

Type
Exhibition
Tags
National Women's Art Exhibition
exhibited at
Flower paintings: by well known artists
Date
30 April 1946 - 18 May 1946
Place
Myer Art Gallery, Melbourne, Vic.
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Victorian Artists' Society Autumn Exhibition
Date
29 April 1941 - 11 May 1941
Place
Victorian Artists' Society Gallery, Melbourne, Vic.
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
24th annual exhibition of the Society of Women Painters
Date
4 May 1934 - 8 May 1934
Place
Education Department Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Description

Melbourne artists exhibiting at this event were Isabel Tweddle, A. Gates, D. Stone, P. Hurry, Sybil Craig, Nora Gurdon, A.M.E. Bale, Dora Wilson, Edith Downing, Violet McInnes, E.W. Syme, Jessie Mackintosh, Elma Roach, Lillian White, Jessie Traill, Margaret Pestill, Dora Serle
Reviewed in 'Women Painters’, The Sydney Morning Herald, 4 May 1934, p.6

exhibited at
Annual Autumn exhibition 1931
Date
27 April 1931 - 10 May 1931
Place
Victorian Artists' Society Gallery, Melbourne, Vic.
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
First Australian Women's Work Exhibition
Date
1907
Place
Exhibition Building, Carlton Gardens, Melbourne, VIC
Description
Type
Exhibition

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Related collections
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia (collected in)
  • Castlemaine Art Museum (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia (collected in)