Jessie Traill b. 1881

Also known as Jessie Constance Alicia Traill
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter)
Painter and etcher, an outstanding feature of her life was her extensive travelling between France, England and Australia. She received much praise for her etchings and helped popularise the form as an artistic medium in the 1920s.
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exhibited at
Know My Name: Australian Women Artists 1900 to now Part 1
Date
14 November 2020 - 4 July 2021
Place
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
Description

Know My Name is an exhibition in two parts at the National Gallery of Australia. It is the largest and most comprehensive exhibition of work by women, presented in a thematic rather than chronological form. It reveals relationships between the present and the past, relationships between artists, and common concerns.

Tags
Women artists, Feminism, Modernism, Indigenous, Painting, Video art, Multimedia, Photo-based art-work, Sculpture, Embroidery
Website
https://knowmyname.nga.gov.au/events/australian-women-artists-1900-now/
exhibited at
Modern Australian Women: paintings and prints 1925-1945
Date
24 November 2000 - 25 February 2001
Place
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA
Description

Then national tour

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Women on Paper: from the collections: late nineteenth century to the present
Date
5 April 1995 - 23 April 1995
Place
Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, Vic.
Type
Exhibition
Tags
National Women's Art Exhibition
exhibited at
A l'hombre des jeunes filles et des fleurs: In the shadow of young girls and flowers
Date
10 March 1995 - 28 May 1995
Place
Benalla Art Gallery, Benalla , Vic.
Type
Exhibition
Tags
National Women's Art Exhibition
exhibited at
Eveolution: An exhibition of women's art from the Newcastle Region Art Gallery collection
Date
9 March 1995 - June 1995
Place
Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle, NSW
Description

Opened by Deborah Mills and the Lord Mayor of Newcastle, 8 March 1995.

Type
Exhibition
Tags
National Women's Art Exhibition
exhibited at
Review
Date
8 March 1995 - 8 June 1995
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description

Speaking of Women, four guest lectures; by Nancy Underhill, Ann Thomson, Margo Neale, Joan Kerr; held over successive Fridays, 10-31 March 1995, by the Art Gallery Society.

Type
Exhibition
Tags
National Women's Art Exhibition
exhibited at
A Century of Australian Women's Art (1880s-1990s)
Date
8 March 1995
Place
Angeloro Fine Art Galleries, Artarmon, NSW
Type
Exhibition
Tags
National Women's Art Exhibition
exhibited at
Australian Women Printmakers 1910-1940
Date
5 March 1995 - 30 April 1995
Place
Castlemaine Art Gallery and Historical Museum, Castlemaine, VIC
Type
Exhibition
Tags
National Women's Art Exhibition
exhibited at
Women hold up half the sky
Date
March 1995 - April 1995
Place
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
Description

Opened by the Hon. Dr Carmen Lawrence. Heritage book launched at the same time. The touring exhibition, Sydney by Design, formed one section of this exhibition.

Type
Exhibition
Tags
National Women's Art Exhibition
exhibited at
Project 39: Women's imprint
Date
1 October 1982 - 31 October 1982
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales
Type
Exhibition
Tags
Women and the Arts Festival
exhibited at
Herald outdoor art show 1953
Date
12 December 1953 - 20 December 1953
Place
Treasury Gardens, Melbourne, Australia
Description

Originally scheduled for 8-13 December 1953 but delayed by summer storms.

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
24th annual exhibition of the Society of Women Painters
Date
4 May 1934 - 8 May 1934
Place
Education Department Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Description

Melbourne artists exhibiting at this event were Isabel Tweddle, A. Gates, D. Stone, P. Hurry, Sybil Craig, Nora Gurdon, A.M.E. Bale, Dora Wilson, Edith Downing, Violet McInnes, E.W. Syme, Jessie Mackintosh, Elma Roach, Lillian White, Jessie Traill, Margaret Pestill, Dora Serle
Reviewed in 'Women Painters’, The Sydney Morning Herald, 4 May 1934, p.6

exhibited at
Annual Autumn exhibition 1931
Date
27 April 1931 - 10 May 1931
Place
Victorian Artists' Society Gallery, Melbourne, Vic.
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Old Salon
Date
1926
Place
Paris, France
Description
Type
Exhibition
Panama-Pacific International Exhibition
Date
1914 - 1915
Place
San Francisco, CA, USA
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Old Salon
Date
1909
Place
Paris, France
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Royal Academy
Date
1909
Place
Burlington House, Piccadilly, London, England, UK
Description
Type
Exhibition

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