Gwendoline L'Avance Barringer b. 29 July 1882

Also known as Gwen Barringer, Gwendoline LaVence Barringer, Gwen Adamson
  • Artist (Painter)
Gwen Barringer was a painter of traditional subjects, most notably flowers. An active member of the South Australian arts scene, as Vice President of the (Royal) SA Society of Arts in 1938 she was its first female office bearer and on her death she bequethed funds to establish several prizes for flower painting in watercolour.
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Citations

  • Barringer, Herbert (1916), 'The Mystery of the Bush’, Hussey and Gillingham Ltd, Adelaide, SA, Illustrations by Gwen Barringer.

See also

  • 'The bridge pylons, c. 1932, watercolour on paper, AGSA, reproduced National Australia Bank calendar, 2000'.

Initial data sources

  • Heritage: The National Women's Art Book

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Other occupations
  • Art teacher (ANZSIC code: 8022)
  • Art teacher