Thea Proctor b. 2 October 1879

Also known as Alethea Mary Proctor
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Designer (Graphic Designer)
A well known and well loved Australian artist, Thea Proctor was prolific both as an artist and designer. A prominent figure in the art scene she championed the ideas of 'taste' and 'style'.
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Citations

  • Ambrus, Caroline (1984), 'The Ladies’ Picture Show’, Sydney, NSW.

  • Burke, Janine (1977), 'Thea Proctor’, Imprint, Number 4.

  • Butler, Roger (1980), 'Thea Proctor’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 11, Pike, D., Shaw, A., Clark, M., Nairn, B., Serle, G., and Ward, R., eds, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Gooding, Janda (1982), 'Thea Proctor’, Catalogue, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Perth, WA.

  • Gullet, Leon (1966), 'Thea Proctor’, Sunday Telegraph, (obituary), August, 7, page 61.

  • Humphries, Barry (1966), 'Thea Proctor, A memoir’, Bulletin, August, 13.

  • McDonald, James S. (1922), 'An interview with Thea Proctor’, Art in Australia, Volume 1, Number 1, February, 1.

  • Proctor, Thea (1938), 'Modern art in Sydney’, Art in Australia, November, 15.

  • Wilkinson, Kenneth (1935), 'Thea Proctor, Her recent work’, Art in Australia, May, 15.

  • (1989), 'Australian Paintings, Prints, Books and Maps’, Catalogue, Christie’s, October, 3, Sydney, NSW.

  • (1929), 'Burdekin House Exhibition’, Catalogue, Sydney, NSW.

  • (1920), Art in Australia, Number 7.

  • (1913), Lone Hand, July, 1.

  • (1922), Society, August, 1.

  • de Berg, Hazel (1961), 'Interview with Thea Proctor’, oral history tape National Library of Australia, Canberra, reproduced in Geoffrey Dutton (ed.), Artists’ Portraits, Canberra, ACT.

  • Burke, Janine (1980), 'Thea Proctor’, Australian Women Artists 1840-1940, Collingwood, Vic.

  • Butler, Roger with Minchin, Jan (1980), 'Thea Proctor, The Prints’, Catalogue Raisonné, Sydney, NSW.

  • (1932), Art in Australia, Number 43, April.

  • Humphries, Barry, Sayers, Andrew, Engledow, Sarah (2005), 'The world of Thea Proctor’, Craftsman House, Melbourne, Vic (National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, ACT).

  • Information sourced from Fletcher, Daina.

See also

  • 'PORTRAIT: Professor A.L. Sadler Shows Japanese Prints to Miss Thea Proctor during Ethel Spower[s]'s Exhibition at Adrian Feint's Grosvenor Galleries, vignette in 'Sydney s'amuse' by Mahdi McCrae, from Home 1 July 1926.'.
  • 'Section 2: plate 71', Heritage biography.

Initial data sources

  • Heritage with additions

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Other occupations
  • Teacher (ANZSIC code: 8102) -
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Related people
  • Long, Sydney (associate of)
  • Lambert, George (associate of)
  • Conder, Charles (associate of)
  • Perry, Adelaide (associate of)
  • Ainsworth, Ruth Drummond (associate of)
  • Gibbons, Gladys Noeline (associate of)
  • Irvine, Ysobel R. (associate of)
  • Kingston, Amie (associate of)
  • Smith, Grace Cossington (associate of)
  • Preston, Margaret (associate of)
  • Smith, Sydney Ure (associate of)
  • Ohlfsen-Bagge, Dora (associate of)
  • Meeson Coates, Dora (associate of)
  • MacDonald, J. S. (associate of)
  • Hodgkins, Frances (associate of)
  • Gellert, Leon (associate of)
  • Proctor, William Consett (child of)
  • Proctor, Kathleen Janet Louisa (child of)
  • Lambert, Amy (associate of)
  • Brown, Ailsa Lee (associate of)
  • Davis, Charlotte (associate of)
  • Williamson, Lillie (associate of)
  • Gilchrist, Eva (associate of)
  • Coghlan, Helen (associate of)
  • Ingres, (associate of)
  • Long, Sydney (associate of)
  • Lambert, George (associate of)
  • Conder, Charles (associate of)
  • Perry, Adelaide (associate of)
  • Ainsworth, Ruth Drummond (associate of)
  • Gibbons, Gladys Noeline (associate of)
  • Irvine, Ysobel R. (associate of)
  • Kingston, Amie (associate of)
  • Smith, Grace Cossington (associate of)
  • Preston, Margaret (associate of)
  • Smith, Sydney Ure (associate of)
  • Ohlfsen-Bagge, Dora (associate of)
  • Meeson Coates, Dora (associate of)
  • MacDonald, J. S. (associate of)
  • Hodgkins, Frances (associate of)
  • Gellert, Leon (associate of)
  • Proctor, William Consett (child of)
  • Proctor, Kathleen Janet Louisa (child of)
  • Lambert, Amy (associate of)
  • Brown, Ailsa Lee (associate of)
  • Davis, Charlotte (associate of)
  • Williamson, Lillie (associate of)
  • Gilchrist, Eva (associate of)
  • Coghlan, Helen (associate of)
  • Ingres, (associate of)
Related person groups
  • Chelsea Arts Club, London, England, UK (associate of)
  • Ballet Russe, London, England, UK (associate of)
  • Theatre Royal, Sydney, NSW (associate of)
  • Contemporary Group, Sydney, Australia (associate of)
  • Sydney Society of Women Painters, NSW (associate of)
  • Society of Artists, Sydney, NSW (associate of)
  • Annie May and Mina Moore (associate of)
  • Chelsea Arts Club, London, England, UK (associate of)
  • Ballet Russe, London, England, UK (associate of)
  • Theatre Royal, Sydney, NSW (associate of)
  • Contemporary Group, Sydney, Australia (associate of)
  • Sydney Society of Women Painters, NSW (associate of)
  • Society of Artists, Sydney, NSW (associate of)
Related works
  • The Arrival (creator of)
  • Bonnets, Shawls, Gay Parasols (creator of)
  • Home (creator of)
  • Design for a Red Fan (creator of)
  • Le Carnaval (creator of)
  • Susannah and the Elders (creator of)
  • Terrace Fan (creator of)
  • (Works in 'Australian Magazine') (two women, one with a scroll). (creator of)
  • (Works in 'Australian Magazine') (ex libris design) (creator of)
  • The Arrival (creator of)
  • Bonnets, Shawls, Gay Parasols (creator of)
  • Home (creator of)
  • Design for a Red Fan (creator of)
  • Le Carnaval (creator of)
  • Susannah and the Elders (creator of)
  • Terrace Fan (creator of)
  • (Works in 'Australian Magazine') (two women, one with a scroll). (creator of)
  • (Works in 'Australian Magazine') (ex libris design) (creator of)
Related collections
  • The University of Western Australia Art Collection, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, TAS (collected in)
  • Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, TAS (collected in)
  • Shepparton Art Museum, Shepparton, VIC (collected in)
  • Heide Museum of Modern Art, Bulleen, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Geelong Art Gallery, Geelong, VIC (collected in)
  • Castlemaine Art Museum, Castlemaine, VIC (collected in)
  • Benalla Art Gallery, Benalla, VIC (collected in)
  • City of Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, VIC (collected in)
  • University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, NSW (collected in)
  • Manly Art Gallery, Manly, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, Bathurst, NSW (collected in)
  • University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia (collected in)
  • Brisbane City Hall Gallery and Museum, Brisbane, QLD (collected in)
  • Queensland Art Gallery (collected in)
  • The University of Western Australia Art Collection, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, TAS (collected in)
  • Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, TAS (collected in)
  • Shepparton Art Museum, Shepparton, VIC (collected in)
  • Heide Museum of Modern Art, Bulleen, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Geelong Art Gallery, Geelong, VIC (collected in)
  • Castlemaine Art Museum, Castlemaine, VIC (collected in)
  • Benalla Art Gallery, Benalla, VIC (collected in)
  • City of Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, VIC (collected in)
  • University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, NSW (collected in)
  • Manly Art Gallery, Manly, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, Bathurst, NSW (collected in)
  • University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia (collected in)
  • Brisbane City Hall Gallery and Museum, Brisbane, QLD (collected in)
  • Queensland Art Gallery (collected in)
Related events
  • NSW Society of Artists (exhibited at)
  • The world of Thea Proctor (exhibited at)
  • (solo show) (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • Burdekin House Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • [Joint exhibition with Margaret Preston] (exhibited at)
  • Venice International Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Franco-British Exhibition of Science, Arts and Industries, London (None)
  • Women's Work Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Women's Work Exhibition (None)
  • NSW Society of Artists (exhibited at)
  • The world of Thea Proctor (exhibited at)
  • (solo show) (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • Burdekin House Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • [Joint exhibition with Margaret Preston] (exhibited at)
  • Venice International Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Franco-British Exhibition of Science, Arts and Industries, London (None)
  • Women's Work Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Women's Work Exhibition (None)
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