Dorothy Thornhill b. 1910

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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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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
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
Colonial Pastime to Contemporary Profession: 150 years of Australian Women's Art
Date
8 March 1995 - July 1995
Place
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, Tas.
Type
Exhibition
Tags
National Women's Art Exhibition
exhibited at
Australian Women Artists of the Twentieth Century from the collection of Elinor and Fred Wrobel
Date
8 March 1995 - 1995
Place
Woolloomooloo Gallery, Woolloomooloo, Sydney, NSW
Description

touring exhibition. Lewers Bequest and Penrith Regional Art Gallery show launched by Joan Kerr, 11 June 1995.

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
Project 21: Women's Images of Women
Date
15 October 1977 - 13 November 1977
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Date
1977
Place
Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, New South Wales
Description

This was a retrospective exhibition.

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
An exhibition of Women's achievements in the Arts
Date
31 August 1960 - 9 September 1960
Place
David Jones Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Type
Exhibition
curator of
An exhibition of Women's achievements in the Arts
Date
31 August 1960 - 9 September 1960
Place
David Jones Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Date
1948
Place
Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, New South Wales
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Exhibition of Australian women painters
Date
4 August 1946 - 18 August 1946
Place
National Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, NSW
Description

Exhibition of works by women painters and portraits of distinguished Australian women by male artists. Held in conjunction with the second conference of the Australian Women’s Charter.

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Exhibition of paintings by women artists
Date
13 October 1943 - 25 October 1943
Place
Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, NSW
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Date
1940
Place
Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, New South Wales
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
NSW Society of Artists
Date
1929
Place
Sydney, New South Wales
Description
Type
Exhibition

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