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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Citations

  • Burke, Janine (1980), 'Australian Women Artists 1840-1940’, Collingwood, Vic.

  • Coppel, Stephen (1992), 'Claude Flight and His Followers: The Colour Linocut Movement between the Wars’, National Gallery of Australia catalogue, Canberra, ACT.

  • Deutscher, Chris & Butler, Roger (1978), 'A Survey of Australian Relief Prints 1900-1950’, Deutscher Galleries catalogue, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Eagle, Mary (1990), 'Australian Modern Painting between the Wars 1914-1939’, Sydney, NSW.

  • McCulloch, Alan (1984), 'Encyclopedia of Australian Art’, Melbourne, Vic., 2nd edition.

  • North, Ian (1979), 'The Art of Dorrit Black’, Melbourne, Vic.

  • (1991), 'Acquistions 1990’, Bendigo Art Gallery catalogue, 1 Feb – 17 Mar exhibition, Bendigo, Vic.

  • North, Ian (1985), 'Claude Flight and his Australian pupils’, Print Quarterly, vol. 11, no. 4, Dec.

  • North, Ian (1979), 'Dorrit Black’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 17, Melbourne, Vic.

  • North, Ian (1975), 'Dorrit Black’, Art Gallery of South Australian catalogue, Adelaide, SA.

See also

  • ''The Leg Action Conductor' in Manuscripts 12 (20 February 1935), 51'.
  • 'Heritage: section 2, plate 80'.

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  • Heritage with additions

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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)