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Field, Margaret Ann, b. 1842
A painter and embroiderer who dedicated much of her life to the development of a new form of crocheted lace. An amateur astronomer, she wrote ...
Sheppard, Catherine Elizabeth, b. 1842
Catherine Elizabeth (Kate) Sheppard was mainly known as a portrait painter, although she also painted altar pieces. In 1869 she gained public recognition for her ...
Streeter, Kate, b. 1842
Painter and teacher, was born in Cork, Ireland and came to Victoria with her parents. The myth of Sheppard as a prodigy persisted throughout her ...
Munday, Marian, b. 1850
The 1910 exhibition of the Arts and Crafts Society of New South Wales included for the first time a display of art pottery from which ...
Archer, Daisy, b. 1862
Alice Manon Archer, known as Daisy Archer, was a wood-carver working in central Queensland from the turn of the century. Her daughter, Joan, became quite ...
Muntz, Josephine, b. 1862
Painter, residing in Melbourne, she diverged from standard patterns of taste in her use of a sombre palette and free, expressive brushwork. She exhibited internationally, ...
Craig, Anna Charlotte, b. 1864
Leather worker born in Prussia. Resident of Queensland she was awarded many prizes for her leatherwork and marquetry staining.
Chauvel, Lilian, b. 1867
Painter and designer. Chauvel 'discovered and developed the art of "panchrocis", a delicate technique of paintings on silks and satins, of which she made lamp ...
Dods, Mary Mariam, b. 1867
A woodcarver and embroiderer, Mary Dods actively contributed to the interior designs of her husbands architectural projects. An American by birth she used Australian motifs ...
Gibson, Elizabeth, b. 1868
Painter of miniatures, Bessie studied and exhibited mainly in Paris and then London for most of her life, returning to Australia in 1947 when she ...
Macdonald, Mary, b. 1868
Mary MacDonald possibly had the most extensive production for a Harvey School potter as she attended Harvey's classes for some 25 years. As well as ...
Sinclair, Henriette, b. 1868
Henriette Sinclair is an example of the pottery students who transferred L.J. Harvey's teaching methods from Brisbane's Central Technical College interstate. She continued to produce ...
Blakemore, Rose, b. 1870
Queensland-born, Sydney-based miniature portrait artist and art teacher active in the early decades of the twentieth century.
Bott, Sarah Ellen, b. 1870
Sarah Ellen Bott and her sister, Alice Bott, were active in the arts and crafts movement of the early 20th century in Brisbane. They were ...
Fletcher, Winifred Scott, b. 1871
A carver and metalworker Fletcher worked almost exclusively with pewter thanks to improvements in manufacturing. A founding member of the Arts and Crafts Society of ...
Lynch, Henrietta, b. 1871
Painter, lived at the Royal Bull's Head Inn, Drayton, near Toowoomba, Queensland, Hettie lived there until she married and, apparently, again as a widow (Mrs ...
Elliott, Mona, b. 1872
Although Mona Elliott developed her interest in pottery and painting late in life, she made a significant contribution to art in both Brisbane and Toowoomba, ...
Lake, Florence Thorne, b. 1873
Florence Lake is one of the many female artists active in Australia during the first half of the twentieth century who has almost disappeared from ...
Devereux, Mrs W. P. [Bessie], b. 1874
Mrs W.P. (Bessie) Devereux was one of the most significant and original of L.J. Harvey's early students as she included wheel throwing among her skills.
Grant, Gwendolyn, b. 1877
She embraced no radical modernist philosophy; her belief in the virtues of restraint, knowledge, study and, indeed, the moral significance and nobility of art, tempered ...