Gladys Mary Owen b. 1 July 1889

Also known as Gladys Owen
  • Artist (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter)
Painter and printmaker who led an active life exhibiting, travelling, writing, radio presenting and programming for the ABC ("Women's Session" Talks editor), public speaking and campaigning. Owen's art is widely represented in Australia.
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Name
Gladys Mary Owen (O.B.E. (1918))
Also known as Gladys Owen
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer)
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Hon. Secretary of NSW Branch, Australian Red Cross, 1914/1927 (ANZSIC code: 8790)
  • founder, Australian Red Cross, 1913 (ANZSIC code: 9559)
  • writer, Sydney Morning Herald, and author, 1930? (ANZSIC code: 9002)
  • ABC radio executive, administrator, researcher, broadcaster, Sydney, 1936/1960
  • ABC radio presenter and programmer, Sydney, 1933/1936 (ANZSIC code: 5610)
Birth date
1 July 1889
Birth place
Ryde, Sydney, New South Wales
Death date
18 July 1960
Death place
Sydney, New South Wales
Active Period
  • 1907 - 1960
Residence
  • c.1926 - c.1930 Italy
  • 1930 - 18 July 1960 Sydney, New South Wales
  • 1926 - 1930 London, England, UK
  • 1 July 1889 - 1926 Sydney, New South Wales
Training
  • 1926 - 1930 Iain MacNab, Grosvenor School of Modern Art, London, England, UK,
  • c.1925 - c.1935 Thea Proctor, Sydney, New South Wales
  • Sydney Technical College, Ultimo, New South Wales
  • Gerald Fitzgerald, Sydney, New South Wales
  • Aline Cusack, Sydney, New South Wales
  • A. Dattilo Rubbo, Sydney, New South Wales
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Heritage with additions

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Related events
  • [retrospective exhibition] (exhibited at)
  • solo exhibition (exhibited at)
  • solo exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Vanishing Sydney (exhibited at)
  • solo exhibition (exhibited at)
  • solo exhibition (exhibited at)
  • [joint show with Ethel Spowers] (exhibited at)
  • Norton-Owen show (exhibited at)
  • NSW Society of Women Painters, (exhibited at)
  • Exhibition of Pictures of Flowers and Flower Gardens (exhibited at)
  • Royal Art Society of New South Wales (exhibited at)
  • Women's Work Exhibition (None)
  • Eveolution: An exhibition of women's art from the Newcastle Region Art Gallery collection (exhibited at)
  • Review (exhibited at)
  • Women and Art (exhibited at)
  • Women hold up half the sky (exhibited at)
  • Sydney by Design: Wood and linoblock prints by Sydney women artists between the Wars (exhibited at)
  • Society of Women Painters (NSW): Annual exhibition (exhibited at)
  • An exhibition of Women's achievements in the Arts (exhibited at)
  • [retrospective exhibition] (exhibited at)
  • solo exhibition (exhibited at)
  • solo exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Vanishing Sydney (exhibited at)
  • solo exhibition (exhibited at)
  • solo exhibition (exhibited at)
  • [joint show with Ethel Spowers] (exhibited at)
  • Norton-Owen show (exhibited at)
  • NSW Society of Women Painters, (exhibited at)
  • Exhibition of Pictures of Flowers and Flower Gardens (exhibited at)
  • Royal Art Society of New South Wales (exhibited at)
  • Women's Work Exhibition (None)
  • Eveolution: An exhibition of women's art from the Newcastle Region Art Gallery collection (exhibited at)
  • Review (exhibited at)
  • Women and Art (exhibited at)
  • Women hold up half the sky (exhibited at)
  • Sydney by Design: Wood and linoblock prints by Sydney women artists between the Wars (exhibited at)
  • Society of Women Painters (NSW): Annual exhibition (exhibited at)