Ethel Atkinson b. 1887

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  • Artist (Painter)
Potter, leather worker, china painter and designer. Atkinson set up the 'Ceramic Art Studio' with business partner Ada Newman. A regular exhibitor with the Arts and Craft Society of NSW, Atkinson also exhibited with the Women's Industrial Arts Society.
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exhibited at
Women's Industrial Arts Society
Place
Sydney, NSW
Description

A review article in the Sydney Morning Herald in 1936 states that The Women’s Industrial Arts Society evolved from the Women’s Painters Society, formed by Miss Lillian Chauvel with Lady Chelmsford 28 years ago. The Society is described as having 100 members and rooms in the Victoria Arcade, Sydney. That is, formed in 1908. Ref. “Art in the Home.” Sydney Morning Herald, Thursday 7 May 1936, page 22

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Ethel Atkinson, Ada Newman and Vera Margeliouth
Date
21 July 1936 - 28 July 1936
Place
Old Town Hall Studio, Queen Street, Brisbane, QLD
Description

Note: Vera Margeliouth was one of the pair’s students. This exhibition was sponsored by the Arts and Crafts Society of Queensland.

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Joint Exhibition with Ada Newman - Arts and Crafts Society of NSW
Date
1922
Place
Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Arts and Crafts Society of NSW
Date
1910
Place
Sydney, NSW
Description

Exhibited regularly until 1942

Type
Exhibition

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