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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  • Private collections (collected in)
  • Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Private collections (collected in)
  • Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)