Olive Ashworth b. 1915

  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Industrial / Product Designer),
  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer)
Commercial artist, textile designer and photographer. Ashworth is best known for her textile designs that were based on sketches and photographs of the Great Barrier Reef she took from underwater observatories.
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See also

  • 'Heritage: section 5, plate 220'.

Initial data sources

  • Heritage: The National Women's Art Book

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  • Monkman, Noel (associate of)
Related stub person groups
  • Burns Philp's art department (associate of)
Related people
  • Hurley, Frank (associate of)
  • Annand, Douglas (associate of)
Related collections
  • Queensland Museum, Brisbane, Qld. (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • one of 10 prize-winning finalists in the Leroy-Alcorso prize for textile design (received)
  • Runner-up in the first Grafton Award, offered by a British textile firm (received)
Related events
  • Women Artists in Queensland, Past and Present (exhibited at)
  • Queensland Wildlife Artists Society (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)