Lorna Nimmo b. 11 April 1920

Also known as Lorna Muir Nimmo
  • Artist (Painter)
A painter who studied at East Sydney Technical College and various colleges and universities in France and the UK. She was the first woman to receive the Wynne Prize, for her painting Valley Farms, in 1941 and the first female president of the Australian Watercolour Institute, presiding from 1955-1958.
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Alternative names
  • Lorna Muir Nimmo
  • Lorna Muir Nimmo
Related people
  • Medworth, Frank Charles (associate of)
  • Thornhill, Dorothy (associate of)
  • Dundas, Douglas (associate of)
  • Gallop, Herbert (associate of)
  • Gilliland, Hector (associate of)
  • Lymburner, Francis (associate of)
  • Godson, John (associate of)
  • Wittkower, (associate of)
  • Winny, (associate of)
  • Medworth, Frank Charles (associate of)
  • Thornhill, Dorothy (associate of)
  • Dundas, Douglas (associate of)
  • Gallop, Herbert (associate of)
  • Gilliland, Hector (associate of)
  • Lymburner, Francis (associate of)
  • Godson, John (associate of)
  • Wittkower, (associate of)
  • Winny, (associate of)
Related person groups
  • Australian Watercolour Institute (associate of)
  • NSW Society of Artists, NSW (associate of)
  • Australian Watercolour Institute (associate of)
  • NSW Society of Artists, NSW (associate of)
Related works
  • Valley Farms (creator of)
  • Valley Farms (creator of)
Related collections
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle, NSW (collected in)
  • New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, NSW (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle, NSW (collected in)
  • New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, NSW (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales (received)
  • New South Wales Travelling Scholarship, 1941 (received)
  • Scholarship to East Sydney Technical College (received)
  • Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales (received)
  • New South Wales Travelling Scholarship, 1941 (received)
  • Scholarship to East Sydney Technical College (received)
Related events
  • Wynne Prize (exhibited at)
  • NSW Society of Artists (exhibited at)
  • Australian Watercolour Institute (exhibited at)
  • Wynne Prize (exhibited at)
  • NSW Society of Artists (exhibited at)
  • NSW Society of Artists (exhibited at)
  • Wynne Prize (exhibited at)
  • NSW Society of Artists (exhibited at)
  • Australian Watercolour Institute (exhibited at)
  • Wynne Prize (exhibited at)
  • NSW Society of Artists (exhibited at)
  • NSW Society of Artists (exhibited at)
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