Vi Eyre b. 1870

Also known as Mrs Hal Eyre, Violet Mary M. Hodson, Eyre
  • Artist (Sculptor),
  • Artist (Ceramist)
A prolific early 20th century Sydney and Brisbane potter, Vi Eyre was known and highly regarded for her distinctly Australian motifs. She was also the wife and mother of cartoonists Hal Eyre and Harry Eyre Jnr respectively.

Citations

  • 'New South Wales Death Records 67831/1972’.

  • 'New South Wales Marriage records 7449/1901’.

  • Information sourced from Warren, J. State Archives, Kingswood Repository, Sydney, NSW, 'Cutting Book: Society of Arts & Crafts Archives’.

  • Information sourced from Timms, Peter.

  • Cooke, Glenn R. and Edwards, Deborah (1983), 'L.J. Harvey & his school’, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Qld.

  • de Torres, Alisa (1991), 'Vi Eyre’, Australian Decorative Arts, ed. Deborah Edwards, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW.

  • (1929), The Sun, October 24.

  • Information sourced from Warren, J.

Initial data sources

  • Legacy data. Source 'unknown'