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Name
Stella Bowen
Also known as Esther Gwendolyn Bowen
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • War artist (ANZSIC code: 7600)
Birth date
16 May 1893
Birth place
North Adelaide, SA
Death date
30 October 1947
Death place
London, UK
Active Period
  • 1913 - 1947
Residence
  • c.1932 USA
  • 1923 Italy
  • 1922 - 1923 St Jean-Cap Ferrat, France
  • Sussex, England
  • c.1913 - c.30 October 1947 England, UK
  • c.16 May 1893 - c.1913 North Adelaide, SA
Training
  • Westminster School of Art, London, England
  • School of Design, Adelaide, SA
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Heritage: The National Women's Art Book

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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).>]