Olive Cotton b. 1911

Also known as Olive Edith Cotton
  • Artist (Photographer)
Olive Cotton's black and white photographs are characterised by their use of light to create ambiguity. For most of her life she was better known for her brief marriage to fellow photographer Max Dupain than for her own considerable achievements.
Tags: black and white photography, ambiguity
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Name
Olive Cotton
Also known as Olive Edith Cotton
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Photographer)
Tags:
black and white photography
ambiguity
Birth date
1911
Death date
September 2003
Death place
NSW
Active Period
  • c.1922 - c.2000
Residence
  • 1946 - 1964 Koorawatha near Cowra, NSW
  • c.1911 - c.1946 Sydney, NSW
Training
  • 1930 - 1934 University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW
  • 1921 - 1929 Methodist Ladies College, Burwood, Sydney, NSW
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Heritage: The National Women's Art Book

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  • Olive Cotton Photographs 1924-1984 (exhibited at)
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  • Silver and Grey (exhibited at)
  • London Salon of Photography (exhibited at)
  • Review (exhibited at)
  • In a certain light: Clarice Beckett and Olive Cotton (exhibited at)
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  • Creative vision: an exhibition of photography (exhibited at)
  • Know My Name: Australian Women Artists 1900 to now Part 1 (exhibited at)
  • Olive Cotton Photographs 1924-1984 (exhibited at)
  • Australian Women Photographers 1890-1950 (None)
  • Silver and Grey (exhibited at)
  • London Salon of Photography (exhibited at)
  • Review (exhibited at)
  • In a certain light: Clarice Beckett and Olive Cotton (exhibited at)
  • Women and Art (exhibited at)
  • Beyond the Picket Fence: Australian women's art in the National Library collections (exhibited at)
  • Women hold up half the sky (exhibited at)
  • In the picture: creative Australians from the National Library's portrait collection (exhibited at)
  • Creative vision: an exhibition of photography (exhibited at)