Elizabeth Ursula Rooney b. 1929

Also known as Elizabeth Rooney
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter)
Painter and etcher Elizabeth Ursula Rooney helped set up Joy Ewart's Workshop Art Centre at Willoughby. She studied etching under Herbert Gallop.
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painter and etcher, was born in Sydney. She studied at East Sydney Technical College until 1949, including etching under Herbert Gallop. However, she did not begin exhibiting her prints until 1963, when she showed at Joy Ewart 's Workshop Art Centre, Willoughby, which she had helped set up. Since its demise she has exhibited with Artarmon Galleries, e.g. Alan Bond Sydney Development etching c.1988, and Northern Approaches 1964-65, etching (edn 30), purchased from Artarmon Galleries by Joan Kerr.

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1996
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  • Works from the UNSW Print Collection: Joyce Allen, Jean Appleton, Sue Buckley and Elizabeth Rooney (exhibited at)
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  • An exhibition of Women's achievements in the Arts (exhibited at)