Dorrit Black b. 1891

Also known as Dorothea Foster Black
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Printmaker)
A contemporary of Grace Crowley and Ralph Balson, Dorrit Black was both a painter and printmaker, particularly of linocuts. An active member of both the Sydney and Adelaide arts communities, Black, who founded Group 9, was also involved in Sydney's Modern Art Centre and the Contemporary Art Society in Adelaide.
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exhibited at
Let's Face It
Date
July 1995
Place
Carrick Hill, Adelaide, SA
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
In the Company of Women: 100 years of Australian women's art from the Cruthers collection
Date
16 February 1995 - 13 March 1995
Place
PICA (Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts), WA
Description

Opened by Dr Liz Constable MLA, Member for Floreat, 15 February 1995

Type
Exhibition
Tags
National Women's Art Exhibition
exhibited at
South Australian Women Artists: paintings from the 1890s to the 1940s
Date
15 April 1994 - 17 July 1994
Place
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA
Description

Presented for the South Australian Centenary of Women’s Suffrage in 1994, included in PastPresent as a precursor to the National Women’s Art Exhibition of 1995.

Type
Exhibition
Tags
National Women's Art Exhibition
exhibited at
Date
1923 - 1933
Place
Modern Art Centre, Margaret Street, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition

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Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist
Residences
  • 1935 - 13 September 1951 Adelaide, SA
  • 1929 - 1934 Sydney, NSW
  • 1927 - 1929 Paris, France
  • 1927 - 1929 London, England
  • c.1915 - c.1927 Sydney, NSW
  • 23 December 1891 - 1915 Adelaide, SA
  • 1934 - 1935 Europe
  • 1935 - 13 September 1951 Adelaide, SA
  • 1929 - 1935 Sydney, NSW
  • 1927 - 1929 Paris, France
  • 1927 - 1929 London, England
  • c.1915 - c.1927 Sydney, NSW
  • 23 December 1891 - 1915 Adelaide, SA
Other occupations
  • Gallery director (ANZSIC code: 4279) -
  • Art teacher (ANZSIC code: 8022) -
  • Gallery director (ANZSIC code: 4279)
  • Art teacher (ANZSIC code: 8022)