Dorothy Thornhill b. 1910

Painter and teacher at the National Art School for almost forty years, Thornhill was the second wife of her former teacher, Douglas Dundas. Painter Brian Dunlop said her drawing, devoid as it was of formula and cliché, was among the finest ever produced in this country.
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  • Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA
  • Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, TAS
  • Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, TAS
  • Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, VIC
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
  • Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle, NSW
  • New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, NSW
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
  • Brisbane City Council, Brisbane, QLD

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References [<ExternalResource: William Salmon (September 1977), 'Dorothy Thornhill', Art and Australia, vol.15 no.1., .>, <ExternalResource: Deborah Edwards (1989), 'Stampede of the Lower Gods', AGNSW catalogue, Sydney.>, <ExternalResource: Andrew Sayers (1989), 'Drawing in Australia', Canberra.>, <ExternalResource: Bernard Smith (1953), 'A Catalogue of Australian Oil Paintings in the National Art Gallery of New South Wales 1875-1952', Sydney.>, <ExternalResource: (22 April 1947), Daily Telegraph.>, <ExternalResource: Dorothy Thornhill, 'Interview with Hazel de Berg', oral history tapes NLA.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Kerry Dundas the artist's son and Elinor Wrobel.>] [<ExternalResource: William Salmon (September 1977), 'Dorothy Thornhill', Art and Australia, vol.15 no.1., .>]