Muriel Warren Cornish b. 1893

Also known as Muriel W. Cornish, Muriel Cornish
  • Artist ,
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Designer
Sydney-born illustrator, printmaker, craftsperson and painter. Cornish studied art privately with Albert Collins and attended Julian Ashton's Sydney Art School in the early 1930s. She exhibited embroidery and china painting with the Arts and Crafts Society of NSW until the 1920s and with the Women's Industrial Arts Society in 1936.
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illustrator, printmaker, craftsperson and painter, was born in Newcastle, daughter of Mabel and Arthur W. Cornish. She studied art privately with Albert Collins and attended Julian Ashton 's Sydney Art School in 1930-33 (one of her woodcuts was published in The Art Student in 1931). At some stage she also studied with Adelaide Perry . In 1913 she joined the Arts and Crafts Society of NSW, where she exhibited embroidery and china painting until the 1920s. A member of the Society of Women Artists in the 1920s, Cornish exhibited with its reformed version, the Women’s Industrial Arts Society, in 1936. She also showed with the Painter Etchers. Cornish died at Cremorne, Sydney on 13 July 1940. After her death, her uncle offered her designs to the NSW Society of Arts and Crafts (apparently in 1940); some are in the Society’s Archives.

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1996
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  • Artist
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Painter)
  • Designer
  • Artist
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Painter)
References [<ExternalResource: 'NSW Birth Records : 36852/1893'.>, <ExternalResource: 'NSW Death Records : 10302/1940'.>, <ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, 'Hand-painted porcelain teacup, saucer and sideplate', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>] [<ExternalResource: 'NSW Birth Records : 36852/1893'.>, <ExternalResource: 'NSW Death Records : 10302/1940'.>]
Alternative names
  • Muriel W. Cornish
  • Muriel Cornish
  • Muriel W. Cornish
  • Muriel Cornish
Related people
  • Collins, Albert (associate of)
  • Perry, Adelaide (associate of)
  • Ashton, Julian (associate of)
  • Cornish, Arthur W. (child of)
  • Cornish, Mabel (child of)
  • Collins, Albert (associate of)
  • Perry, Adelaide (associate of)
  • Ashton, Julian (associate of)
  • Cornish, Arthur W. (child of)
  • Cornish, Mabel (child of)
Related person groups
  • Arts and Crafts Society of NSW (associate of)
  • Society of Women Artists (associate of)
  • Arts and Crafts Society of NSW (associate of)
  • Society of Women Artists (associate of)
Related works
  • Hand-painted porcelain teacup, saucer and sideplate (None)
Related collections
  • Archives Office of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • NSW Society of Arts and Crafts Archives (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Archives Office of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • NSW Society of Arts and Crafts Archives (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
Related events
  • Women's Industrial Arts Society exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Arts and Crafts Society of NSW (exhibited at)
  • Women's Industrial Arts Society exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Arts and Crafts Society of NSW (exhibited at)
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