Vida Lahey b. 1882

Also known as Frances Vida Lahey
  • Artist (Painter)
A traditional painter specializing in still life and landscape subjects, but is probably best known for Monday Morning, a painting of women's domestic labour. She was a great contributor to the art scene in Queensland and was very involved with art education at the fledgling Queensland Art Gallery.
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exhibited at
Place
Moreton Galleries, Brisbane, Qld.
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Know My Name: Australian Women Artists 1900 to now Part 1
Date
14 November 2020 - 4 July 2021
Place
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
Description

Know My Name is an exhibition in two parts at the National Gallery of Australia. It is the largest and most comprehensive exhibition of work by women, presented in a thematic rather than chronological form. It reveals relationships between the present and the past, relationships between artists, and common concerns.

Tags
Women artists, Feminism, Modernism, Indigenous, Painting, Video art, Multimedia, Photo-based art-work, Sculpture, Embroidery
Website
https://knowmyname.nga.gov.au/events/australian-women-artists-1900-now/
exhibited at
Vida Lahey: Colour and Modernism
Date
16 October 2010 - 11 January 2011
Place
Queensland Artists’ Gallery, , QAG, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Description

The exhibition is drawn from the QAG’s own holdings of work by Vida Lahey and supplemented by works on loan from local public and private collections.

Website
http://www.qagoma.qld.gov.au/exhibitions/past/2010/vida_lahey_colour_and_modernism
exhibited at
Colonial Pastime to Contemporary Profession: 150 years of Australian Women's Art
Date
8 March 1995 - July 1995
Place
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, Tas.
Type
Exhibition
Tags
National Women's Art Exhibition
exhibited at
Queensland Image: Women's visual art of yesterday and today (1887-1995)
Date
8 March 1995 - April 1995
Place
Royal Queensland Art Society, QLD
Description

Galerie Royale

Type
Exhibition
Tags
National Women's Art Exhibition
exhibited at
Through Women's Eyes
Date
30 July 1994 - 30 June 1995
Place
Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT
Type
Exhibition
Tags
National Women's Art Exhibition
exhibited at
Australian Women Artists, One Hundred Years 1840 -1940
Date
2 September 1975 - 27 September 1975
Place
Melbourne University, Ewing and George Paton Gallery, Melbourne, Vic.
Description

Touring exhibition, curated by Janine Burke at the Ewing & George Paton Galleries for International Women’s Year, then shown at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Newcastle City Art Gallery and Art Gallery of South Australia.

Type
Exhibition
Tags
International Women's Year
exhibited at
Exhibition of Australian women painters
Date
4 August 1946 - 18 August 1946
Place
National Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, NSW
Description

Exhibition of works by women painters and portraits of distinguished Australian women by male artists. Held in conjunction with the second conference of the Australian Women’s Charter.

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Exhibition of paintings by women artists
Date
13 October 1943 - 25 October 1943
Place
Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, NSW
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
British Empire Exhibition
Date
1938
Place
London, England, UK
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
NSW Society of Artists
Date
c.1930 - c.1935
Place
Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition

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