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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Citations

  • William Salmon (September 1977), 'Dorothy Thornhill’, Art and Australia, vol.15 no.1., .

See also

  • 'Dorothy Thornhill, Study (Nude Self Portrait) c.1930, oil on wood panel (Elinor & Fred Wrobel)'.
  • 'ADD section 9: plate 392'.

Initial data sources

  • Heritage: The National Women's Art Book

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Related people
  • Dundas, Douglas (spouse of)
  • Dundas, Kerry (parent of)
  • Dundas, Douglas (spouse of)