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Anderson, Ethel, b. 1883
A well-travelled mural painter and writer, Ethel Anderson was considered one the most important supporters of modern art and its painters in the early part ...
Fry, Dorothy, b. 1891
Early 20th century Sydney illustrator and cartoonist, Fry worked for a time as a commercial artist, drawing newspaper advertisements as well as cartoons and illustrations ...
Braunsdorf, G.
Exhibited with the West Australian Society of Arts in 1910.
Cavanagh, Lily Gladys, b. 1894
Embroiderer, designer and woodcarver who exhibited with the West Australian Society of Arts in 1911.
Benham, Loui, b. 1868
Loui Benham was born in 1868. She was embroiderer, designer, teacher, woodcarver, pyrographer and painter. Benham exhibited with the West Australian Society of Arts. She ...
Card, Mary, b. 1861
Designer and 'crochet pattern designer'. By 1917 Mary Card was a celebrity. In the early to mid 1920s Card moved to a small village outside ...
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Craven, Mary
Designer who began working with Berlei Hestia Ltd. in 1915.
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 ...
Kennedy, Elisabeth May
McCrae, Marjory Francesca, b. 1905
Mid 20th century painter, cartoonist and commercial artist. Her parents' great friend Norman Lindsay taught her to draw and throughout the course of her career ...
McKinlay,
Misses McKinlay were taught the art of Spanish blackwork embroidery by their mother and exhibited with the West Australian Society of Arts in 1912.
Morris, May, b. 1862
embroiderer, wallpaper and fabric designer, she was the elder daughter of the English designer William Morris. Although she never came to Australia, she had a ...
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Mort, Eirene, b. 1879
Designer and craftworker, Sydney, NSW, she was a prolific designer of textiles and various Applied Arts, often featuring Australian floral motifs, and was well known ...
Broomhall,
Embroiderer and woodcarver who exhibited in the West Australian Society of Arts exhibition in 1912.
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Mackenzie, Alexandra Agnes Nance, b. 1912
Female fabric designer and printmaker who worked with Annie Outlaw in Sydney to establish colourful designs with Australian motifs for international markets during the 1940s ...
Greene, Nancy, b. 1894
After her father lost much of his wealth, Greene, although under no pressure, felt obliged to find work. She worked as a commercial artist, specialising ...
Wager, Rhoda, b. 1875
jeweller, operated a successful jewellery business in Sydney from 1916 until her retirement in 1946.
Shorter, Lucie Emilie, b. 1887
Shorter was a designer, was born on 31 July 1887. The National Gallery of Australia holds several works by her. She is the signed author ...
Slocock,
Studied embroidery under Loui Benham and exhibited with the West Australian Society of Arts in 1912.
Smyth, Marjorie Kane, b. 1888
Marjorie K Smyth was a modernist painter and designer who exhibited in Sydney in the 1920s and 1930s.