Viola A. Quaife b. 1 May 1885

Also known as V. A. Q., Viola Quaife, Viola Austral Smith, Viola Austral Quaife, V A Quaife, Viola Ure Smith, Mrs Sydney Ure Smith, Mrs S Ure Smith
  • Artist (Painter)
Quaife was a Painter who was a student of Alfred R. Coffey in Sydney (1903), and later attended the Sydney Art School under Julian Ashton and Sydney Long (c1908-10) where she was in the same student cohort as Nelle Rodd, Elioth Gruner, Isabel McWhannell, Ruby Winckler, Cecil Humprey Percival, and others.
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Name
Viola A. Quaife
Also known as:
  • V. A. Q.
  • Viola Quaife
  • Viola Austral Smith
  • Viola Austral Quaife
  • V A Quaife
  • Viola Ure Smith
  • Mrs Sydney Ure Smith
  • Mrs S Ure Smith
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Birth date
1 May 1885
Birth place
Paddington, Sydney, NSW
Birth note
“Hughenden”, Woollahra, Sydney NSW.
Death date
22 November 1945
Death place
Sydney, NSW
Active Period
  • c.1903 - c.1934
Residence
  • 1885 - 1909 Woollahra, Sydney, NSW ("Hughenden")
  • 1907 - England, UK (Travelled with sisters and brother)
  • 1908 - Woollahra, Sydney, NSW
  • 1909 - c.1920 Sydney, NSW (With husband Sydney Ure Smith)
  • c.1920 - (unknown)
  • - 1945 Potts Point, Sydney, New South Wales (No. 6, Praneonia, 123 Macleay Street, )
Training
  • c.1908 - c.1910 Sydney Art School, Sydney, NSW
  • Student of Mr. Alfred R. Coffey, Sydney., 1903 -
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Legacy data. Source 'unknown'

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