Lucy Mary Beverley exhibited her flower painting in the competitive section of the preliminary showing for the 1907 Exhibition of Women's Work in Sydney.
Karna Marie Birmingham was an illustrator of children's books and arguably may have been more widely acknowledged if she had not contracted an eye disease ...
The youngest of merchant and settler John Blaxland's 11 children, Mary Ellen Blaxland and her sisters were all encouraged to sketch by their mother and ...
Bundock was only eight years old when discovered her love of flower painting, when family friend and flower painter Bessie Wilson gave her "a small ...
A painter and carver, Edwards has been remembered largely for her adversarial role in the Dobell trial of 1944. A flamboyant figure she lived later ...
Artist, social activist, art collector and Trustee of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Evatt's best known work was an oil painting entitled 'Footballers' ...
A photographer and orchardist, Farran's practice was driven by her practical involvement in the family's innovative and scientifically-based agricultural project. A successful businesswomen, Farran and ...
Tasmanian born watercolourist, Gedye started exhibiting her works after moving to Sydney and marrying. Her works were sent to prestigious European exhibitions and competed against ...
Mary Jane and two of her sisters were avid papier-mâchè modellers, creating dozens of wax implanted, hair coated models of sheep, kangaroos and cattle.
Oil painter and dressmaker, arrived in Sydney 1840 and ran a dressmaking/tailoring business with her husband in various NSW locations. She painted portraits in oils.
Quilter and embroiderer, Hannaford began making quilts in 1920, when she was 80 years old. There are seven known quilts initialled 'M.J.H.', all found in ...
Sketcher, in 1819 she received drawing materials from her brother Rev. Thomas Hassall, the well-known 'galloping parson' of New South Wales. No surviving artworks are ...
Colonial watercolour and miniature painter who married her former drawing teacher, George Milner Stephen, in 1940. Hindmarsh exhibited two watercolour drawings on cotton at the ...