Florence Fuller

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Florence Fuller

Florence Ada Fuller (* 1867 in Port Elizabeth , South Africa ; † July 17, 1946 in Gladesville , Australia ) was an Australian artist of South African origin.

life and work

As a child, Fuller moved with her family to Melbourne , where she was tutored by her uncle Robert Hawker Dowling and Jane Sutherland . She attended the National Gallery of Victoria Art School there and became a professional painter in the late 1880s. In 1892 she left Australia and first traveled to South Africa, where she painted for Cecil Rhodes . Some of his last portraits are from her. Then she studied in Europe. Between 1895 and 1904 her works were exhibited at the Paris Salon and the Royal Academy in London .

Florence Fuller: Inseparables , around 1900
Florence Fuller: Golden Hour , 1905

In 1904 she returned to Australia and from then on lived in Perth . She became active in the Theosophical Society and painted some of her best-known works, including A Golden Hour . From 1908 she traveled a lot, living temporarily in India and England , before returning to Australia and settling in Sydney until the end of her life . There she taught life drawing at the School of Fine and Applied Arts , founded in 1920 by the New South Wales Society of Women Painters .

Fuller mainly painted portraits and landscapes . In 1914 her pictures were shown in three Australian and one South African galleries , making her one of the most exhibited Australian painters of her time. It was then forgotten and often omitted from reference books on Australian artists. Today her paintings can be found in many Australian art collections ( Art Gallery of South Australia , Art Gallery of Western Australia , National Gallery of Australia , National Gallery of Victoria and National Portrait Gallery ).

Works

  • Inseparables (1900)
  • Summer Breezes (1904)
  • Golden Hour (1905)
  • Portrait of Deborah Vernon Hackett (ca.1908)

Web links

Commons : Florence Fuller  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
  • Biography at Design and Art Australia Online (English)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b staff. In: The West Australian . February 28, 1914, accessed December 21, 2013 .
personal data
SURNAME Fuller, Florence
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fuller, Florence Ada
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1867
PLACE OF BIRTH Port Elizabeth
DATE OF DEATH July 17, 1946
Place of death Gladesville