Gladys Reynell b. 4 September 1881

Also known as Gladys Osborne
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist ,
  • Artist (Painter)
After studying painting under Margaret Preston, who she travelled with to Paris and London, she taught craft to shell-shocked soldiers. On returning to Australia she concentrated on pottery, which she later gave up when her husband contracted lead poisoning from the glazes.
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Name
Gladys Reynell
Also known as Gladys Osborne
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist
  • Artist (Painter)
Birth date
4 September 1881
Birth place
Adelaide, South Australia
Death date
16 November 1956
Death place
Melbourne, Victoria
Active Period
  • c.1916 - c.1926
  • 1910 - 1956
Residence
  • 1929 - 1956 Melbourne, Victoria
  • 1926 - 1939 Curdie Vale, Victoria
  • 1922 - 1926 Ballarat, Victoria
  • 1919 - 1922 Sydney, New South Wales
  • 1918 - 1919 Adelaide, South Australia
  • 1914 - 1918 London, England, UK
  • 1912 - 1914 France
  • 1881 - 1912 Adelaide, South Australia
Training
  • c.1912 - c.1914 Studied painting at L'Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, France
  • c.1914 - c.1916 Studied pottery at the Camberwell School of Crafts, London, England, UK
  • c.1910 - c.1911 Studied pottery in the Adelaide studio of Rose McPherson (Margaret Preston)
Languages
  • English
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References [<ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, '89/577 Cup and saucer, earthenware, Gladys Reynell, Reynella Pottery, South Australia, 1922', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Clearihan, Susan (1985), 'Half The Sky: An exhibition of works on paper by Australian women artists', Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide.>, <ExternalResource: Cochrane, Grace (1992), 'The Crafts Movement in Australia', Kensington.>, <ExternalResource: Ioannou, Noris (1988), 'Gladys Reynell', Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 11.>, <ExternalResource: Thompson, Judith (1986), 'Crafts of South Australia', Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide.>, <ExternalResource: Timms, Peter (1986), 'Australian Studio Pottery and China Painting', Melbourne.>, <ExternalResource: Osborne, Gladys (Reynell) (15 August 1935), 'Knowledge or feeling in art', Art in Australia.>, <ExternalResource: Osborne, Gladys (Reynell) (1936), 'Reynella pottery', A Book of South Australia: Women in the First Hundred Years, Adelaide.>] [<ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, '89/577 Cup and saucer, earthenware, Gladys Reynell, Reynella Pottery, South Australia, 1922', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>]