Nancy Wilmot Borlase b. 24 March 1914

Also known as Nancy Borlase
  • Artist (Sculptor),
  • Artist (Painter)
New Zealand-born Nancy Wilmot Borlase arrived in Sydney in 1937, studying sculpture under Lyndon Dadswell under space restrictions in her small bed-sit forced a change to painting. Increasingly inspired by the Abstract Expressionist movements in Europe and New York, Borlase won the Portia Geach Memorial Prize in 2000 for her portrait of Marie and Vida Breckenridge.
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associate of
Lyndon Dadswell
1908
Artist (Sculptor)
associate of
Frank Charles Medworth
1892
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Grace Crowley
1890
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Helen Dora Lempriere
1907
Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Sculptor), Artist (Painter)
associate of
George Bell
Artist
associate of
Rah Fizelle
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Rita Angus
Artist
associate of
Francis Shurrock
Other occupation
associate of
John Moorehouse
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child of
Edward Norris Borlase
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child of
née Morecroft Bessie Borlase
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spouse of
Laurie Short
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parent of
Susannah Short
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References [<ExternalResource: Saines, Deborah Durie (1993), 'Interview with the artist', Unknown.>, <ExternalResource: France, Christine (1991), 'New Directions 1952-1962', Lewers Bequest catalogue, Penrith, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Gardiner, Sue (curator) (2001), 'Leaping Boundaries: A century of New Zealand Artists in Australia', Mosman Art Gallery catalogue, Mosman, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: McCulloch, Alan & McCulloch, Susan (1994), 'The Encyclopedia of Australian Art', St Leonards, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Docking, Gil & Wrobel, Elinor (1994), 'Nancy Borlase Retrospective', Newcastle Regional Art Gallery catalogue, Newcastle, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Smee, Sebastian (2000), 'Borlase pays homage to The Sisters even death can't separate', Sydney Morning Herald, 10-13.>, <ExternalResource: Brown, Malcolm (2006), 'A palette of art and politics : Nancy Borlase, 1914-2006', Sydney Morning Herald, 09-15, p 18.>] [<ExternalResource: Saines, Deborah Durie (1993), 'Interview with the artist', Unknown.>]