Theodora Esther Cowan b. 13 November 1868

Also known as Theo Cowan, Theodora Esther Cohen
  • Artist ,
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Sculptor)
Sculptor, painter, potter and art teacher, born in Sydney, NSW. Resident of London (England) and Sydney (NSW) her later sculptural career seems to have ended in artistic frustration and poverty due in part, she felt, to prejudice because she was a woman.
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  • Parliament House, Canberra, ACT
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
  • University of New England, Armidale, NSW
  • Parliament House, Sydney, NSW
  • Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Description

    The Art Gallery of New South Wales began in the 1870s as an aspect of the Academy of Art. Later it became known as the National Art Gallery of NSW. This name persisted beyond Federation in 1901. It was given its present name in 1958.
    It remains the principal collecting and exhibiting body in NSW and is governed by the Art Gallery of New South Wales Act of 1980.

    Website
    https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/

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  • Parliament House, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • University of New England, Armidale, NSW (collected in)
  • Parliament House, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia (collected in)
  • Parliament House, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • University of New England, Armidale, NSW (collected in)
  • Parliament House, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)