Florence Turner Blake b. 26 October 1873

Also known as Florence Turner Mofflin, Florence Turner Greaves, Florence Mofflin
Encouraged to take up art lessons by her neighbour Julian Ashton, Blake raised money to pay for classes by breeding pups from her pug dog. It wasn't until after her divorce and the death of her father however that she really began to practice her art and in 1925 she studied painting under Henry Tonks at the Slade School of Art in London. It was at this time that she also became friendly with Lucie
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Name
Florence Turner Blake
Also known as:
  • Florence Turner Mofflin
  • Florence Turner Greaves
  • Florence Mofflin
Gender
Unspecified
Birth date
26 October 1873
Birth place
Armidale, NSW
Death date
8 April 1959
Death place
New South Wales
Active Period
  • 1896 - 1942
Residence
  • c.1925 - c.1929 London, England
  • c.1929 - c.1959 Sydney, NSW
  • 1914- Europe
  • Sydney, NSW
  • Point Piper, NSW
  • Strathfield, NSW
  • c.1891 - c.1902 Burwood, NSW
  • c.1881 - c.1891 Bondi, NSW
  • c.16 October 1873 - c.1881 Armidale, NSW
Training
  • 1925 - 1929 Slade School of Art, London, England
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Heritage with additions

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References [<ExternalResource: McCulloch, Alan & McCulloch, Susan (1994), 'Encyclopedia of Australian Art', St Leonards, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Thomas, Daniel (1969), 'Florence Blake', Art Gallery of New South Wales Quarterly, vol.10 no.4, July.>, <ExternalResource: Waterhouse, Jill, 'Florence Turner Blake Mofflin', Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 13 (& poss. vol. 15).>, <ExternalResource: (1933), 'Retrospective Exhibition of the Sydney Art School', catalogue, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Society of Artists exhibition records.>, <ExternalResource: Thomas, Daniel, 'Florence Mofflin', Art Gallery of New South Wales, roneoed leaflet biography files.>]