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May Barrie b. 1918

Artist (Sculptor)

May Barrie, esteemed Australian sculptor, has sharpened an ability to draw out sensual abstract forms from craggy rocks and intonate human relationships.

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University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW
National Capital Development Commission, Canberra, ACT
Australian National University, Canberra, ACT
M G Dingle & G B Hughes Collection, City of Shoalhaven, NSW

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The first art works were acquired in the late 1950s and the strongest theme in the collection is abstract art made by Australian women artists.
On 5 July 2008 Gavin Hughes and Max Dingle and the Shoalhaven City Council signed a deed of agreement accepting the collection as a bequest to the Shoalhaven City Arts Centre’s regional gallery collection.
Gavin Hughes died on 25 October 2008.

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http://mgdinglegbhughescollection.com/

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May Barrie b. 1918

University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW

National Capital Development Commission, Canberra, ACT

Australian National University, Canberra, ACT

M G Dingle & G B Hughes Collection, City of Shoalhaven, NSW

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