Sophie Steffanoni b. 1873

  • Artist (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer),
  • Artist (Painter)
Sophie Steffanoni was an embroiderer and painter, who, despite exhibiting much of her work and receiving recognition for it, died just as her career was advancing, aged thirty-two. She removed the artificial barrier between art and craft.
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Name
Sophie Steffanoni
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer)
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • worked in family boarding house
Birth date
1873
Death date
1906
Death place
St Leonards, Sydney, NSW
Burial place
Independent section of Rookwood Cemetery, Sydney, New South Wales
Death note
BurialNote: Grave no. 1884
Residence
  • 1873 - 1906 Sydney, New South Wales
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Heritage with additions

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Related events
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  • Colonial and Indian Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Art Society of New South Wales (exhibited at)
  • Women's Work Exhibition (None)