Jane Sutherland

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Jane Sutherland (born December 26, 1853 in New York , United States , † July 25, 1928 in Melbourne , Australia ) was an Australian landscape painter and pioneer of the open-air painting movement in Australia. She was also known as an advocate for advancing the professional standing of women in the arts .

Life

Sutherland was born in New York to Scottish parents. The family emigrated to Sydney in 1864 and moved to Melbourne in 1870. Her father George taught drawing at the Department of Education and exhibited his own work through the Victorian Academy of Arts. In contrast to her brothers Alexander , George and William , Jane pursued an artistic career.

Jane studied at the National Gallery School of Design, where she learned to paint from well-known Australian artists such as Frederick McCubbin , Eugene von Guerard and George Folingsby . From 1878 she exhibited at the Victorian Academy of Arts, then with the Australian Artists 'Association and with the Victorian Artists' Society (from 1888) to 1911. From 1888, she shared a studio with Clara Southern and Jane Price . In 1884 she was one of the first women to become a member of the Buonarotti Society, and in 1900 she and May Vale were the first women to be elected councilors of the Victorian Artists' Society.

Sutherland was the leading female artist in the group of Melbourne painters who worked outside the studio. With her male contemporaries from the Heidelberg School , she went on outdoor painting-drawing tours to the remote rural areas of Alphington , Templestowe and Box Hill . In around 1904, Sutherland suffered a stroke. From then on, she relied on her brother William's help for mobility. After his death in 1911, her artistic career ended.

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SURNAME Sutherland, Jane
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian artist
DATE OF BIRTH December 26, 1853
PLACE OF BIRTH new York
DATE OF DEATH July 25, 1928
Place of death Melbourne