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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exhibited at
Date
1977
Place
Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, New South Wales
Description

This was a retrospective exhibition.

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Exhibition
exhibited at
Date
1948
Place
Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, New South Wales
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Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Date
1940
Place
Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, New South Wales
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Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
NSW Society of Artists
Date
1929
Place
Sydney, New South Wales
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Type
Exhibition

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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., .>]