Florence Aline Rodway b. 11 November 1881

Also known as Florence Rodway
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Painter)
While Florence Aline Rodway had a splendid career as a portraitist she preferred to do more complex compositions with figures. Together with the artists such as Thea Proctor, Margaret Preston, Sir John Longstaff, Arthur Streeton and Hans Heysen she represented Australia in the second London exhibition of contemporary art of the Empire at the Imperial Institute in South Kensington in 1928.
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Name
Florence Aline Rodway
Also known as Florence Rodway
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • art teacher (ANZSIC code: 8212)
Birth date
11 November 1881
Birth place
Hobart, Tasmania
Death date
23 January 1971
Death place
Hobart, Tasmania
Active Period
  • 1897 - 1951
Residence
  • c.1906 - c.1910 Sydney, New South Wales
  • c.1902 - c.1906 London, England, UK
Training
  • c.1906 Julian Ashton's Sydney Art School, Sydney, New South Wales
  • 1902 - 1906 Royal Academy Schools, London, England, UK
  • c.1897 - c.1901 Hobart Technical College, Tasmania
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Heritage with additions

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References [<ExternalResource: (1 January 1910), 'The Australian Girl as seen by Florence Rodway', 282(?), series.>, <ExternalResource: ed. Kerr, Joan, 'Florence Aline Rodway by Bell, Pamela', Heritage, Craftsman House, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Ambrus, Caroline (1984), 'The Ladies' Picture Show', Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Souter, D. H. (1909), 'Miss Florence Rodway: Comments on her work', Art and Architecture, 6.>, <ExternalResource: (1916), Art in Australia, 1.>, <ExternalResource: (1 April 1910), 'The Art of the Year', Lone Hand, 665.>, <ExternalResource: Interview with Hazel de Berg (8 December 1965), 'Rodway, Florence', National Library of Australia, Canberra, oral history tape 156.>, <ExternalResource: Letter from Collins, Susanne (the artist's daughter) (1983), DAA.>, <ExternalResource: Backhouse, Sue (1988), 'Florence Rodway', Australian Dictionary of Biography 11, ed. Pike, D., Shaw, A., Clark, M., Nairn,B., Serle, G., and Ward, R., vols 1-6, Melbourne 1966/1976 (1988) and Tasmanian Artists of the Twentieth Century, Hobart 1988.>, <ExternalResource: (1918), Art in Australia, 4.>] [<ExternalResource: (1 January 1910), 'The Australian Girl as seen by Florence Rodway', 282(?), series.>]