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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Name
Muriel Warren Cornish
Also known as:
  • Muriel W. Cornish
  • Muriel Cornish
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Painter)
  • Designer
Birth date
1893
Birth place
Newcastle, NSW
Birth note
date also given as 1913 (unlikely, as Cornish was exhibiting by 1919)
Death date
13 July 1940
Death place
Cremorne, Sydney, NSW
Death note
date also given as 1945
Active Period
  • c.1930 - c.1936
Training
  • 1930 - 1933 Sydney Art School, Sydney, NSW
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Black and white artists

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