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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associate of
Margaret Preston
1875
Artist (Painter), Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Ceramist)
associate of
Walter Sickert
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child of
Thomas Hopkins Bowen
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child of
née Perry Esther Eliza Bowen
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parent of
Esther Julia Madox
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spouse of
Ford Madox Ford
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associate of
Ezra Pound
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associate of
Dorothy Pound
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associate of
T. S. Eliot
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associate of
Violet Hunt
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associate of
Edward Wadsworth
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associate of
Wyndham Lewis
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associate of
W. B. Yeats
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relative of
Ruth Sutherland
1893
Artist (Painter)

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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).>]