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* [[Alice Marian Ellen Bale]] (1875–1955)<ref>Joyce McGrath, 'Bale, Alice Marian Ellen (1875–1955)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/bale-alice-marian-ellen-5113/text8543, published in hardcopy 1979, accessed online 17 November 2014.</ref>
* [[Alice Marian Ellen Bale]] (1875–1955)<ref>Joyce McGrath, 'Bale, Alice Marian Ellen (1875–1955)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/bale-alice-marian-ellen-5113/text8543, published in hardcopy 1979, accessed online 17 November 2014.</ref>
* [[Margaret Francis Ellen Baskerville]] sculptor (1861–1930)<ref>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.</ref>
* [[Margaret Francis Ellen Baskerville]] sculptor (1861–1930)<ref>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.</ref>

* [[Lina Bryans]]
* [[Lina Bryans]]
* [[Ola Cohn]] (President of the Society from 1948 to her death in 1964<ref>{{Citation | author1=Woollacott, Angela | title=To try her fortune in London : Australian women, colonialism, and modernity | publication-date=2001 | publisher=Oxford University Press | isbn=978-0-19-514268-6 | page=210}}</ref>)
* [[Ola Cohn]] (President of the Society from 1948 to her death in 1964<ref>{{Citation | author1=Woollacott, Angela | title=To try her fortune in London : Australian women, colonialism, and modernity | publication-date=2001 | publisher=Oxford University Press | isbn=978-0-19-514268-6 | page=210}}</ref>)
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* [[Janet Cumbrae-Stewart]]
* [[Janet Cumbrae-Stewart]]
* [[Ethel Carrick Fox]]
* [[Ethel Carrick Fox]]
* [[Gwendolyn Muriel Grant]] (1877–1968)<ref>Keith Bradbury, 'Grant, Gwendolyn Muriel (1877–1968)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/grant-gwendolyn-muriel-10342/text18309, published in hardcopy 1996, accessed online 17 November 2014.</ref>

* [[Polly Hurry]]
* [[Polly Hurry]]
* [[Marguerite Henriette Manhood, ceramicist(1901–1989)<ref>Alisa Bunbury, 'Mahood, Marguerite Henriette (1901–1989)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/mahood-marguerite-henriette-14706/text25849, published in hardcopy 2012, accessed online 17 November 2014.</ref>
* [[Marguerite Henriette Manhood, ceramicist(1901–1989)<ref>Alisa Bunbury, 'Mahood, Marguerite Henriette (1901–1989)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/mahood-marguerite-henriette-14706/text25849, published in hardcopy 2012, accessed online 17 November 2014.</ref>
* [[Maidie McGowan]]
* [[Maidie McGowan]]

* [[Anne Montgomery]]
* [[Anne Montgomery]]
* [[Hilda Rix Nicholas]]
* [[Hilda Rix Nicholas]]
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* {{Esther Paterson]] (1892-1971) President 1966<ref>Tom Frame, 'Paterson, Esther (1892–1971)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/paterson-esther-10701/text18233, published in hardcopy 1996, accessed online 17 November 2014.</ref>
* {{Esther Paterson]] (1892-1971) President 1966<ref>Tom Frame, 'Paterson, Esther (1892–1971)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/paterson-esther-10701/text18233, published in hardcopy 1996, accessed online 17 November 2014.</ref>
* [[Ada May Plante]] (1875–1950)<ref>Jennifer Phipps, 'Plante, Ada May (1875–1950)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/plante-ada-may-8062/text14067, published in hardcopy 1988, accessed online 17 November 2014.</ref>
* [[Ada May Plante]] (1875–1950)<ref>Jennifer Phipps, 'Plante, Ada May (1875–1950)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/plante-ada-may-8062/text14067, published in hardcopy 1988, accessed online 17 November 2014.</ref>
* [[Florence Aline Rodway]] (1881–1971)a foundation member of the Society of Women Painters in 1910<ref>Sue Backhouse, 'Rodway, Florence Aline (1881–1971)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/rodway-florence-aline-8251/text14449, published in hardcopy 1988, accessed online 17 November 2014.</ref>
* [[Florence Aline Rodway]] (1881–1971), a foundation member of the Society of Women Painters in 1910<ref>Sue Backhouse, 'Rodway, Florence Aline (1881–1971)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/rodway-florence-aline-8251/text14449, published in hardcopy 1988, accessed online 17 November 2014.</ref>
* [[Dora Serle]] (1875–1968, president of the Melbourne Society of Women Painters in 1933-34<ref>Geoffrey Serle, 'Serle, Dora Beatrice (1875–1968)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/serle-dora-beatrice-8555/text14725, published in hardcopy 1988, accessed online 17 November 2014.</ref>
* [[Dora Serle]] (1875–1968, president of the Melbourne Society of Women Painters in 1933-34<ref>Geoffrey Serle, 'Serle, Dora Beatrice (1875–1968)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/serle-dora-beatrice-8555/text14725, published in hardcopy 1988, accessed online 17 November 2014.</ref>
* [[Clara Southern]] (1860–1940)<ref>Anne Duke, 'Southern, Clara (1860–1940)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/southern-clara-8590/text14999, published in hardcopy 1990, accessed online 17 November 2014.</ref>
* [[Clara Southern]] (1860–1940)<ref>Anne Duke, 'Southern, Clara (1860–1940)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/southern-clara-8590/text14999, published in hardcopy 1990, accessed online 17 November 2014.</ref>
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* [[Violet Teague]]
* [[Violet Teague]]
* [[Jessie Constance Alicia Traill (1881–1967)<ref>Mary Alice Lee, 'Traill, Jessie Constance Alicia (1881–1967)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/traill-jessie-constance-alicia-8840/text15511, published in hardcopy 1990, accessed online 17 November 2014.</ref>
* [[Jessie Constance Alicia Traill (1881–1967)<ref>Mary Alice Lee, 'Traill, Jessie Constance Alicia (1881–1967)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/traill-jessie-constance-alicia-8840/text15511, published in hardcopy 1990, accessed online 17 November 2014.</ref>


* [[Isabel May Tweddle]] (1875–1945) joined the Women's Art Club in 1926, president 1930-31 and 1941-45<ref>Juliet Peers, 'Tweddle, Isabel May (1875–1945)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/tweddle-isabel-may-8891/text15617, published in hardcopy 1990, accessed online 17 November 2014.</ref>.
* [[Isabel May Tweddle]] (1875–1945) joined the Women's Art Club in 1926, president 1930-31 and 1941-45<ref>Juliet Peers, 'Tweddle, Isabel May (1875–1945)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/tweddle-isabel-may-8891/text15617, published in hardcopy 1990, accessed online 17 November 2014.</ref>.
* [[Dora Wilson]]
* [[Dora Wilson]]

Revision as of 04:03, 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. ^ Joyce McGrath, 'Bale, Alice Marian Ellen (1875–1955)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/bale-alice-marian-ellen-5113/text8543, published in hardcopy 1979, accessed online 17 November 2014.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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
  7. ^ 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)
  8. ^ Keith Bradbury, 'Grant, Gwendolyn Muriel (1877–1968)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/grant-gwendolyn-muriel-10342/text18309, published in hardcopy 1996, accessed online 17 November 2014.
  9. ^ Alisa Bunbury, 'Mahood, Marguerite Henriette (1901–1989)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/mahood-marguerite-henriette-14706/text25849, published in hardcopy 2012, accessed online 17 November 2014.
  10. ^ Tom Frame, 'Paterson, Esther (1892–1971)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/paterson-esther-10701/text18233, published in hardcopy 1996, accessed online 17 November 2014.
  11. ^ Jennifer Phipps, 'Plante, Ada May (1875–1950)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/plante-ada-may-8062/text14067, published in hardcopy 1988, accessed online 17 November 2014.
  12. ^ Sue Backhouse, 'Rodway, Florence Aline (1881–1971)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/rodway-florence-aline-8251/text14449, published in hardcopy 1988, accessed online 17 November 2014.
  13. ^ Geoffrey Serle, 'Serle, Dora Beatrice (1875–1968)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/serle-dora-beatrice-8555/text14725, published in hardcopy 1988, accessed online 17 November 2014.
  14. ^ Anne Duke, 'Southern, Clara (1860–1940)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/southern-clara-8590/text14999, published in hardcopy 1990, accessed online 17 November 2014.
  15. ^ Stephen Coppel, 'Syme, Eveline Winifred (1888–1961)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/syme-eveline-winifred-11814/text21139, published in hardcopy 2002, accessed online 17 November 2014.
  16. ^ Mary Alice Lee, 'Traill, Jessie Constance Alicia (1881–1967)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/traill-jessie-constance-alicia-8840/text15511, published in hardcopy 1990, accessed online 17 November 2014.
  17. ^ Juliet Peers, 'Tweddle, Isabel May (1875–1945)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/tweddle-isabel-may-8891/text15617, published in hardcopy 1990, accessed online 17 November 2014.
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