Eirene Mort b. 1879

  • Designer ,
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator),
  • Designer (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer)
Designer and craftworker, Sydney, NSW, she was a prolific designer of textiles and various Applied Arts, often featuring Australian floral motifs, and was well known for her illustrations, particularly her alphabet drawings.
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Citations

  • 'NSW Birth Records : 6147/1879’.

  • Croft, Barbara (1996), 'St Catherine’s School 1856-1996’, Bookpress, Sydney, NSW.

  • Henry, Margaret (1988), 'Eirene Mort’, in Radi, Heather (ed.), 200 Australian Women, Sydney, NSW.

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

  • McKay, Kirsten (1995), 'Women Printmakers 1910 to 1940’, Castlemaine Art Gallery and Historical Museum, Castlemaine Vic.

  • McPhee, John (1989), 'Eirene Mort and a national school of design’, Australian Antique Collector, (July-December 1989).

  • Mills, Carol (1989), 'Eirene Mort (1879-1977)’, Lu Rees Archives Notes, Books and Authors, Canberra University Library, Canberra, ACT (pp. 20-24).

  • Sear, Martha (c.1997), '(PhD thesis on Australian Women’s Work Exhibitions)’, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW.

  • Stephen, Ann (1977), '“With one pair of hands and with a single mind”: The First Australian Exhibition of Women’s Work 1907’, Lip, nos.2-3.

  • Starr, Penelope, 'Wielding the Waratah – Eirene Mort’, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (manuscript 3961).

  • Timms, Peter (1986), 'Australian Studio Pottery and China Painting’, Melbourne, Vic.

  • (1978), 'Project 24: Cicadas and Gumnuts: The Society of Arts and Crafts 1906-1935’, Art Gallery of New South Wales catalogue, Sydney, NSW.

  • (1909), Art and Architecture, Volume 6, Number 2.

  • (1940), Art in Australia, 08-23.

  • (1907), Sydney Mail, 07-31.

  • (1903), 'Sarah Bibbie’s From Cape to Cairo’, London, England, UK.

  • Henry, Margaret (1986), 'Irene (Eirene) Mort’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 10, [Nairn, B. & Serle, G. (eds.)], Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, Vic.

  • (1986), 'Eirene Mort’s Australian Alphabet’, Canberra, ACT [McPhee, John (ed.)].

  • (1907), Sydney Mail, 11-13.

See also

  • 'Heritage chapter 1, plate 18: O from her Australian Flora and Fauna Children's Alphabet 1902, pen and ink on paper 15.5. x 15.5 cm. National Gallery of Australia.'.

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Related people
  • Cracknell, Cleone (associate of)
  • Bale, Alice Marion Ellen (associate of)
  • Lindsay, Ruby (associate of)
  • Alsop, Edith Annie Mary (associate of)
  • McCrae, Hugh Raymond (associate of)
  • Rubbo, Dattilo (associate of)
  • Northcote, (associate of)
  • Mort, Henry Wallace (child of)
  • Mort, Kate Macintosh (child of)
  • Alexandra, (associate of)
  • Bibbie, Sarah (associate of)
  • Adams, Dorothea (associate of)
  • Pearson, Beatrice (associate of)
  • Ross, Dagmar (associate of)
  • Yeomans, Sarah (associate of)
  • Farran, Katharine Lilian (associate of)
  • Corbett-Jones, Lala (associate of)
  • Cracknell, Cleone (associate of)
  • Bale, Alice Marion Ellen (associate of)
  • Lindsay, Ruby (associate of)
  • Alsop, Edith Annie Mary (associate of)
  • McCrae, Hugh Raymond (associate of)
  • Rubbo, Dattilo (associate of)
  • Northcote, (associate of)
  • Mort, Henry Wallace (child of)
  • Mort, Kate Macintosh (child of)
  • Alexandra, (associate of)
  • Bibbie, Sarah (associate of)
  • Adams, Dorothea (associate of)
  • Pearson, Beatrice (associate of)
  • Ross, Dagmar (associate of)
  • Yeomans, Sarah (associate of)
  • Farran, Katharine Lilian (associate of)
  • Corbett-Jones, Lala (associate of)
Related person groups
  • Society of Arts & Crafts of NSW (associate of)
  • National Art Training School (associate of)
  • Royal Drawing Society of London (associate of)
  • Liberty & Co. (associate of)
  • The Shirley, Edgecliff (associate of)
  • Australian Guild of Handicraft (associate of)
  • The New South Wales Exhibition Group (associate of)
  • Women Painters' School (associate of)
  • Australian Painter-Etchers Society (associate of)
  • Society of Arts & Crafts of NSW (associate of)
  • National Art Training School (associate of)
  • Royal Drawing Society of London (associate of)
  • Liberty & Co. (associate of)
  • The Shirley, Edgecliff (associate of)
  • Australian Guild of Handicraft (associate of)
  • The New South Wales Exhibition Group (associate of)
  • Women Painters' School (associate of)
  • Australian Painter-Etchers Society (associate of)
Related works
  • The Stables, Vaucluse (None)
  • Elizabeth Farm House, Parramatta (None)
  • The Stockade, Vaucluse (None)
  • The Stables, Vaucluse (None)
  • Elizabeth Farm House, Parramatta (None)
  • The Stockade, Vaucluse (None)
Related collections
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia (collected in)
Related events
  • Australian Applied Art (exhibited at)
  • Women's Work Exhibition (None)
  • Australian Applied Art Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Australian Applied Art (exhibited at)
  • Women's Work Exhibition (None)
  • Australian Applied Art Exhibition (exhibited at)
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