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Many of its early members were plein air painters and identified with the [[Heidelberg School]], which was regarded widely as a male group but which involved many women. The interest in the decorative arts at the opening of the twentieth century attracted other members who were significant craftspeople. By the 1920s, the Society was assimilating the generation of professional women artists emerging from the Melbourne National Gallery School, with significant women artists, representatives of both the [[Max Meldrum|
Many of its early members were plein air painters and identified with the [[Heidelberg School]], which was regarded widely as a male group but which involved many women. The interest in the decorative arts at the opening of the twentieth century attracted other members who were significant craftspeople. By the 1920s, the Society was assimilating the generation of professional women artists emerging from the Melbourne National Gallery School, with significant women artists, representatives of both the [[Max Meldrum|
Meldrum]] tonal school and modernism, being invited to join. The Society was less overtly feminist than its counterpart ''[[The Sydney Society of Woman Painters]]'' (later named ''[[Women’s Industrial Art Society]]'') which was founded in 1910 in reaction to the discrimination of male-dominated juries of art institutions and societies<ref>{{Citation | author1=Gaze, Delia | author2=Mihajlovic, Maja | author3=Shrimpton, Leanda | title=Dictionary of women artists | publication-date=1997 | publisher=Fitzroy Dearborn | isbn=978-1-884964-21-3 | page=126}}</ref>. During the Second World War the Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors’ opened volunteer headquarters at [[Grosvenor Chambers]] (9 [[Collins Street]], Melbourne) where they made and sold handcrafts and art to raise money for the war effort<ref>{{Citation | author1=Taylor, Alex | author2=State Library of Victoria (Melbourne) | title=Perils of the studio : inside the artistic affairs of bohemian Melbourne | publication-date=2007 | publisher=Australian Scholarly Publishing | isbn=978-1-74097-149-2 | page=25 }}</ref>.
Meldrum]] tonal school and modernism, being invited to join. The Society was less overtly feminist than its counterpart ''[[The Sydney Society of Woman Painters]]'' (later named ''[[Women’s Industrial Art Society]]'') which was founded in 1910 in reaction to the discrimination of male-dominated juries of art institutions and societies<ref>{{Citation | author1=Gaze, Delia | author2=Mihajlovic, Maja | author3=Shrimpton, Leanda | title=Dictionary of women artists | publication-date=1997 | publisher=Fitzroy Dearborn | isbn=978-1-884964-21-3 | page=126}}</ref>. During the Second World War the Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors’ opened volunteer headquarters at [[Grosvenor Chambers]] (9 [[Collins Street]], Melbourne) where they made and sold handcrafts and art to raise money for the war effort<ref>{{Citation | author1=Taylor, Alex | author2=State Library of Victoria (Melbourne) | title=Perils of the studio : inside the artistic affairs of bohemian Melbourne | publication-date=2007 | publisher=Australian Scholarly Publishing | isbn=978-1-74097-149-2 | page=25 }}</ref>.

MSWPS has met at heritage-listed [[Ola Cohn|Ola Cohn House]] 41-43 Gipps Street, East Melbourne since the sculptor's death in 1964. She was President of the Society 1948–1964


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Revision as of 03:04, 17 November 2014

The Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors is the oldest surviving women's art group in Australia.

History

The Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors (MSWPS) began in 1902 as a monthly gathering of eight former students of Frederick McCubbin from the National Gallery School which members called the Students' Art Club. In 1905 they added the indigenous word "Woomballana" (meaning either 'everlasting beauty' or 'search for beauty') to identify their Art Club, changing its title to The Women's Art Club in 1913 then to the Melbourne Society of Women Painters in 1930. The present designation was adopted in 1954.[1]

Many of its early members were plein air painters and identified with the Heidelberg School, which was regarded widely as a male group but which involved many women. The interest in the decorative arts at the opening of the twentieth century attracted other members who were significant craftspeople. By the 1920s, the Society was assimilating the generation of professional women artists emerging from the Melbourne National Gallery School, with significant women artists, representatives of both the Meldrum tonal school and modernism, being invited to join. The Society was less overtly feminist than its counterpart The Sydney Society of Woman Painters (later named Women’s Industrial Art Society) which was founded in 1910 in reaction to the discrimination of male-dominated juries of art institutions and societies[2]. During the Second World War the Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors’ opened volunteer headquarters at Grosvenor Chambers (9 Collins Street, Melbourne) where they made and sold handcrafts and art to raise money for the war effort[3].

MSWPS has met at heritage-listed Ola Cohn House 41-43 Gipps Street, East Melbourne since the sculptor's death in 1964. She was President of the Society 1948–1964

Members

Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors members included:

References

  1. ^ Peers, Juliette; Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors (1993), More than just gumtrees : a personal, social and artistic history of the Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors, Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors in association with Dawn Revival Press, ISBN 978-0-646-16033-7
  2. ^ Gaze, Delia; Mihajlovic, Maja; Shrimpton, Leanda (1997), Dictionary of women artists, Fitzroy Dearborn, p. 126, ISBN 978-1-884964-21-3
  3. ^ Taylor, Alex; State Library of Victoria (Melbourne) (2007), Perils of the studio : inside the artistic affairs of bohemian Melbourne, Australian Scholarly Publishing, p. 25, ISBN 978-1-74097-149-2
  4. ^ Ken Scarlett, 'Baskerville, Margaret Francis Ellen (1861–1930)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/baskerville-margaret-francis-ellen-5153/text8637, published in hardcopy 1979, accessed online 17 November 2014.
  5. ^ Woollacott, Angela (2001), To try her fortune in London : Australian women, colonialism, and modernity, Oxford University Press, p. 210, ISBN 978-0-19-514268-6
  6. ^ Ritchie, John, 1941-2006; Langmore, Diane (2000), Australian dictionary of biography. Volume 15, 1940-1980, Kem-Pie, Melbourne University Press, p. 261, ISBN 978-0-522-84219-7{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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