Jo Sweatman

Also known as Miss Sweatman, E. M. Sweatman
  • Artist (Painter)
Melbourne painter, Jo Sweatman's "Study in White," curiously Whistlerian in style, was stated in the 'Lone Hand' to be one of the best; if not the best; figure pictures in the 1909 Victorian Artists' Society exhibition.
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painter, Melbourne. 'The Art of the Year’, Lone Hand 1 April 1910, p.672 [by various 'art correspondents’], discusses the 1909 Victorian Artists’ Society exhibition, depreciates the 'leathery tones’ of Mr. Wilkie, 'a man of great promise a few years ago’, and calls his work 'the direct antithesis of Miss Sweatman’s “Study in White,” curiously Whistlerian in style, one of the best – if not the best – figure pictures in the exhibition, and miles ahead of all her previous work.’

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References [<ExternalResource: (1 April 1910), 'The Art of the Year', Lone Hand, [p. 672].>, <ExternalResource: Kerr, Joan, '[Joan Kerr's Archive]', Canberra, ACT : National Library of Australia.>, <ExternalResource: Kerr, Joan (ed.) (1995), 'Heritage : the national women's art book, 500 works by 500 Australian women artists from colonial times to 1955', [Sydney, NSW?] : Art and Australia ; Roseville East, NSW : distributed by Craftsman House.>, <ExternalResource: 'Art Prizes Database', Sydney, NSW : Art Gallery of New South Wales.>]