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Vera Blackburn b. 27 May 1911

Also known as Vera Bickerton Blackburn

Artist (Printmaker)

Printmaker Vera Blackburn was the daughter of artistically minded parents who encouraged her practice through lessons with Thea Proctor. World War Two, marriage and family life arrested her career until the 1980s, when she again took up printmaking.

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Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, VIC
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia

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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.

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https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT

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Vera Blackburn b. 27 May 1911

Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, VIC

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia

National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT

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