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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Name
Jessie Traill
Also known as Jessie Constance Alicia Traill
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Nurse (ANZSIC code: 8511)
Birth date
1881
Birth place
Brighton, Melbourne, Victoria
Death date
1967
Death place
Victoria, Vic
Active Period
  • 1909 - 1967
Residence
  • c.1914 - c.1918 Rouen, France
  • 1928 Central Australia
  • 1908 - 1909 London, England, UK
  • 1907 Paris, France
  • 1881 - 1906 Victoria
Training
  • 1928 - 1929 Stratford Studio, London, England, UK
  • 1907 Académie Colarossi, Paris, France
  • 1901 - 1905 National Gallery School, Melbourne, VIC
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Heritage: The National Women's Art Book

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  • Old Salon (exhibited at)
  • Panama-Pacific International Exhibition (None)
  • Old Salon (exhibited at)
  • Royal Academy (exhibited at)
  • Review (exhibited at)
  • A Century of Australian Women's Art (1880s-1990s) (exhibited at)
  • Eveolution: An exhibition of women's art from the Newcastle Region Art Gallery collection (exhibited at)
  • A l'hombre des jeunes filles et des fleurs: In the shadow of young girls and flowers (exhibited at)
  • Women hold up half the sky (exhibited at)
  • Women on Paper: from the collections: late nineteenth century to the present (exhibited at)
  • Australian Women Printmakers 1910-1940 (exhibited at)
  • Modern Australian Women: paintings and prints 1925-1945 (exhibited at)
  • Project 39: Women's imprint (exhibited at)
  • Annual Autumn exhibition 1931 (exhibited at)
  • Herald outdoor art show 1953 (exhibited at)
  • Know My Name: Australian Women Artists 1900 to now Part 1 (exhibited at)
  • 24th annual exhibition of the Society of Women Painters (exhibited at)
  • Old Salon (exhibited at)
  • Panama-Pacific International Exhibition (None)
  • Old Salon (exhibited at)
  • Royal Academy (exhibited at)
  • Review (exhibited at)
  • A Century of Australian Women's Art (1880s-1990s) (exhibited at)
  • Eveolution: An exhibition of women's art from the Newcastle Region Art Gallery collection (exhibited at)
  • A l'hombre des jeunes filles et des fleurs: In the shadow of young girls and flowers (exhibited at)
  • Women hold up half the sky (exhibited at)
  • Women on Paper: from the collections: late nineteenth century to the present (exhibited at)
  • Australian Women Printmakers 1910-1940 (exhibited at)
  • Modern Australian Women: paintings and prints 1925-1945 (exhibited at)
  • Project 39: Women's imprint (exhibited at)
  • Annual Autumn exhibition 1931 (exhibited at)
  • Herald outdoor art show 1953 (exhibited at)
  • Know My Name: Australian Women Artists 1900 to now Part 1 (exhibited at)