Stella Bowen b. 16 May 1893

Also known as Esther Gwendolyn Bowen
  • Artist (Painter)
Single-minded in her desire to be an artist, Stella Bowen studied briefly under Margaret Preseon before leaving Adelaide at 20 to study art in London. A friendship with Ezra Pound introduced Bowen to a wide literary circle including W.B. Yeats and T.S. Eliot and Bowen would later famously go on to marry the writer Ford Madox Ford. As a painter Bowen is perhaps best remembered for the body of work
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exhibited at
Stella Bowen: Art, Love & War
Date
2002
Place
Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT
Description

Then national tour

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Modern Australian Women: paintings and prints 1925-1945
Date
24 November 2000 - 25 February 2001
Place
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA
Description

Then national tour

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Creating Australia: 200 Years of Australian Art 1788-1988
Date
1988
Place
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA
Description

Toured to all State galleries

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
(Memorial exhibition)
Date
1953
Place
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA
Description
Type
Exhibition

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References [<ExternalResource: Bowen, Stella (1941), 'Drawn from Life', London (revised edition 1974), Virago reprint 1984 (London).>, <ExternalResource: Christesen, C.B. (1979), 'Esther Gwendolyn Bowen: Portrait painter and official war artist', Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 7.>, <ExternalResource: Dalby Davidson, Frank (1967), 'Stella Bowen's Odyssey', Melbourne, Vic. : Age 01-17.>, <ExternalResource: Hylton, Jane (1994), 'South Australian Women Artists', Art Gallery of South Australia catalogue, Adelaide, SA.>, <ExternalResource: Judd, Alan (1991), 'Ford Madox Ford', London, England.>, <ExternalResource: Pesman, Ros (1995), 'The letters of Stella Bowen and Ford Madox Ford', Overland 139, pp.19-23.>, <ExternalResource: Reid, John (1977), 'Australian Artists at War , vol.2', Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: J. Stang, Sondra & Cochran, Karen (eds) (1993), 'The Correspondence of Ford Madox Ford and Stella Bowen', Bloomington.>, <ExternalResource: Thomas, Daniel & Radford, Ron (eds) (1988), 'Creating Australia: 200 Years of Art 1788-1988', Art Gallery of South Australia catalogue, Adelaide, SA.>, <ExternalResource: Wilkins, Lola (1991), 'Stella Bowen: Australian war artist', Art and Australia, vol. 28, no. 4 (Winter).>, <ExternalResource: Cameron Wilson, Shirley (1988), 'From Shadow into Light', St Peter's (South Australia).>, <ExternalResource: (1990), 'Art and Action', Australian War Memorial catalogue, Canberra, ACT.>, <ExternalResource: (1946), 'As you were', Canberra, ACT.>, <ExternalResource: Australian War Memorial correspondence files.>, <ExternalResource: Wilkins, Lola (1990), 'Women Artists who went to war', Australian Collectors' Quarterly (May-July).>]