Dorothy Benny

Also known as née Wulsten Marie Hedwig Dorothea Bunny
  • Artist (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer)
Dorothy Benny was an embroiderer whose only known work dates from 1899. There is some speculation she may be the mother of acclaimed painter Rupert Bunny, the first Australian to receive an honourable mention at the Old Salon in Paris.
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embroiderer, made Summer 1899, exhibited Deutscher Fine Art 24 November-9 December 1988, cat. 22. There is some speculation that Benny might be Marie Hedwig Dorothea Bunny, mother of painter Rupert Bunny.

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Date written:
1999
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2011

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