Mirka Madeleine Mora b. 18 March 1928

Also known as Mirka Mora, Mirka Madeleine Zelik
  • Artist (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer),
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Ceramist)
Mirka Mora’s joyeous experimental art gave a bohemian flavour to Melbourne life, both with her former husband, the resistance fighter and restaurateur Georges, and then with her wide circle of friends and extended family.
Tags: bohemian, Feminist
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spouse of
Georges Mora
Curator
parent of
William Mora
Curator
parent of
Philip Mora
Artist (Screen Artist), Artist (Painter)
parent of
Tiriel Mora
Other occupation
associate of
Charles Blackman
1928
Artist (Painter), Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Theatre / Film Designer)
associate of
Sunday Reed
Other occupation
associate of
John Reed
Other occupation
associate of
Henri Bastin
1928
Artist (Painter)
collaborator of
Michael J Dillon
1928
Artist (Ceramist)
Mirka decorated Michael's ceramics
associate of
Eric Maguire
1928
Designer (Graphic Designer)
associate of
John Olsen
1928
Artist (Painter), Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Designer, Artist (Ceramist)
friend of
Rosemary Ryan
1928
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Caroline Williams
1928
Artist (Painter)

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References [<ExternalResource: Beier, Uli (1980), 'Mirka', Melbourne, Vic : Macmillan.>, <ExternalResource: Blackman, Barbara, 'The good ship Mora: Melbourne in the 1950s', Meanjin 2.1996 (winter), pp.293-305.>, <ExternalResource: de Berg, Hazel (1965), '[Oral history tape]', Canberra, ACT : National Library of Australia.>, <ExternalResource: Harris, Max; & Dutton, Geoffrey (1968), 'The Vital Decade : ten years of Australian art and letters', Melbourne, Vic : Sun.>, <ExternalResource: Lynn, Elwyn (1963), 'Contemporary Drawing', Melbourne, Vic : Longmans.>, <ExternalResource: McCulloch, Alan (1984), 'Encyclopedia of Australian Art', Melbourne, Vic : Hutchinson of Australia (2nd edition).>, <ExternalResource: McGuire, Margaret (1995), 'Wanting Eyes', Prahran, Vic : Champion, in All things opposite : essays on Australian Art, pp 83-95.>, <ExternalResource: Mora, Mirka (2000), 'Wicked but Virtuous : My Life (autobiography)', Ringwood, Vic : Viking.>, <ExternalResource: Reed, John (1963), 'New Painting 1952-62', Melbourne, Vic : Longmans.>, <ExternalResource: Mirka Mora, Agony Aunts ABC TV>, <ExternalResource: Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery History Archive>, <ExternalResource: The Sydney Morning Herald, 27 August 2018>, <ExternalResource: Sabine Cotte “Diaries, petticoats and copious research”>, <ExternalResource: Sabine Cotte “Au Revoir Mirka Mora”>, <ExternalResource: Debbie Cutherson. Mira Mora obituary, Sydney Morning Herald, 28 August 2018, p.12 >] [<ExternalResource: Beier, Uli (1980), 'Mirka', Melbourne, Vic : Macmillan.>, <ExternalResource: Blackman, Barbara, 'The good ship Mora: Melbourne in the 1950s', Meanjin 2.1996 (winter), pp.293-305.>, <ExternalResource: de Berg, Hazel (1965), '[Oral history tape]', Canberra, ACT : National Library of Australia.>, <ExternalResource: Harris, Max; & Dutton, Geoffrey (1968), 'The Vital Decade : ten years of Australian art and letters', Melbourne, Vic : Sun.>, <ExternalResource: Lynn, Elwyn (1963), 'Contemporary Drawing', Melbourne, Vic : Longmans.>, <ExternalResource: McCulloch, Alan (1984), 'Encyclopedia of Australian Art', Melbourne, Vic : Hutchinson of Australia (2nd edition).>, <ExternalResource: McGuire, Margaret (1995), 'Wanting Eyes', Prahran, Vic : Champion, in All things opposite : essays on Australian Art, pp 83-95.>, <ExternalResource: Mora, Mirka (2000), 'Wicked but Virtuous : My Life (autobiography)', Ringwood, Vic : Viking.>, <ExternalResource: Reed, John (1963), 'New Painting 1952-62', Melbourne, Vic : Longmans.>, <ExternalResource: Mirka Mora, Agony Aunts ABC TV>, <ExternalResource: Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery History Archive>, <ExternalResource: The Sydney Morning Herald, 27 August 2018>, <ExternalResource: Sabine Cotte “Diaries, petticoats and copious research”>, <ExternalResource: Sabine Cotte “Au Revoir Mirka Mora”>]