Grace Crowley
Grace Crowley | |
|---|---|
| Born | Grace Adela Williams Crowley 28 May 1890 |
| Died | 21 April 1979 |
| Occupation | Artist |
Grace Crowley (pr: as in "slowly"[1]) (1890-1979) was an Australian artist and modernist painter.[1]
Early life
She was born Grace Adela Williams Crowley in 1890 on May 28, at Forrest Lodge, Cobbadah, in North-Western New South Wales.[1] She was the fourth child of Henry, a grazier, and Elizabeth (nee Bridger).[1] At about the age of 13 Crowley's parents sent one of her pen and ink drawings to New Idea magazine and she won a prize,[1] but her career as an artist was not wholeheartedly supported, sometimes even actively opposed, by her family.[1]
Career
Crowley studied in Paris in 1927 with the Cubist André Lhote,[2] and took part in Exhibition I in 1939, the self-proclaimed first show of abstract art in Australia. Others in her circle included Ralph Balsom, Dorrit Black, Rah Fizelle, Frank Hinder and her best friend, ceramicist Anne Dangar.
There was an exhibition of her work at the National Gallery of Australia in December 2006 to May 2007 called Grace Crowley - Being modern.[2]
Death
Crowley died at her home in Manly, New South Wales on April 21 in 1979 aged 89. She left a body of work comprising 25 paintings and 12 drawings.[1]
Notes
References
- Modjeska, Drusilla (1999). Stravinsky's Lunch. Sydney: Picador. ISBN 0-330-36259-3.
- "Grace Crowley - Being Modern". National Gallery of Australia. Retrieved 2007-07-23.
- "Crowley, Grace Adela Williams (1890 - 1979)". Australian Dictionary of Biography On-line Edition. Retrieved 2007-07-23.
- Crowley (surname)
Bibliography (8) Symposium papers: Colour in art - revisiting 1919 & R-Balson (2008), Nick Waterlow (Australia) (Curator), Annabel Pegus (Australia) (Curator), Ivan Dougherty Gallery (Australia, estab. 1977), Paddington, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Grace Crowley: being modern (2006), Elena Taylor (Author), National Gallery of Australia (Australia, estab. 1982), Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
Parallel visions: works from the Australian collection (2002), Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874), Domain, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Australian art: in the Art Gallery of New South Wales (2000), Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874), Domain, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Brought to light: Australian Art 1850-1965 (1998), Lynne Seear (Australia) (Editor), Julie Ewington (Australia) (Editor), Queensland Art Gallery (Australia, estab. 1895), South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
The Art Gallery of New South Wales collections (1994), Ewen McDonald (Australia) (Editor), Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874), Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Ralph Balson A Retrospective (Jul 1989), Bruce Adams (Author), Heide Park and Art Gallery (Australia, estab. 1980, closed 1992), Bulleen, Victoria, Australia.
Project 4: Grace Crowley (1975), Daniel Thomas (Curator), Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874), Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
External links
- Helen Topliss ed, Earth Fire Water Air: Anne Dangar's Letters to Grace Crowley 1930-1951 Review by Jody Fitzhardinge, Curtin University, September 2001
- Dorrit Black's Modern Art Centre (extract) by Sarah Thomas, Art & Australia, Spring 2006.
- Grace Crowely at Australian Art
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