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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Name
Dorothy Thornhill
Gender
Unspecified
Other Occupation
  • Teacher of figure drawing
Birth date
1910
Birth place
Sale, Cheshire, England, UK
Death date
15 May 1987
Death place
Sydney, New South Wales
Active Period
  • 1929 - 1932
Arrival
  • c.1929 (The family arrived in Sydney)
Training
  • 1933 - 1934 Courtauld Institute, London, England, UK
  • 1933 - 1934 Royal Academy, London, England, UK
  • 1929 - 1932 National Art School, East Sydney Technical College, Darlinghurst, New South Wales
  • 1924 - 1929 Elam Art School, Auckland, New Zealand
Cultural Heritage
  • English
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Heritage: The National Women's Art Book

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Related stub people
  • Britton, Frederick (teacher) (associate of)
  • Dundas, Douglas (teacher) (associate of)
  • Russell, Walter (Sir) (teacher) (associate of)
  • Jackson, F. Ernest (teacher) (associate of)
  • Dunlop, Brian (former student and painter) (associate of)
  • Dundas, Kerry (parent of)
Related stub person groups
  • National Art School, East Sydney Technical College (associate of)
  • Society of Artists (associate of)
Related people
  • Dundas, Douglas (spouse of)
Related works
  • Study (Nude Self Portrait) (creator of)
  • Death of Eurydice (creator of)
  • Diana Resting (creator of)
Related collections
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, TAS (collected in)
  • Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, TAS (collected in)
  • Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, VIC (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle, NSW (collected in)
  • New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, NSW (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Brisbane City Council, Brisbane, QLD (collected in)
Related events
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • NSW Society of Artists (exhibited at)