Bernice E. Edwell
Bernice E. Edwell | |
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 Edwell painting a miniature | |
| Born | 11 May 1880 Newbury, Berkshire, United Kingdom |
| Died | 1962 (aged 81–82) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Nationality | English-Australian |
| Known for | Painting |
Bernice E. Edwell (1880–1962), was an Australian painter specializing in miniatures. She was a founding member of the Sydney Society of Women Painters[1] and the Twenty Melbourne Painters Society.[2]
Biography
[edit]Edwell was born on 11 May 1880 in Newbury, England.[1][3] She was the half-sister of Mary Edwell-Burke.[4]
She studied at the Royal Art Society of New South Wales, where she was taught by Frank P. Mahony. She also travel to Paris where she studied at the Académie Colarossi for around 16 months between 1899 and 1900,[1] sharing a studio flat with Bertha Merfield.[5]
Edwell established herself in Sydney, then Melbourne as a miniaturist. She won first prize for her miniatures at the Women's Work Exhibition at Melbourne in 1907. In 1910 Edwell was involved in the creation of the New South Wales Society of Women Painters. The same year they held their first exhibition displaying the work of 57 women. From 1908 to 1912 Edwell exhibited at The Society of Arts and Crafts of NSW.[1] In 1919 Edwell was a founding member of the Twenty Melbourne Painters Society.[2]
Along with several solo shows in Melbourne from 1915 through 1934, Edwell was included in a 1923 group show with A.M.E. Bale and Jo Sweatman at the Melbourne Athenaeum.[1]
Edwell died in 1962 in Sydney.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Kerr, Joan (2011) [1995]. "Bernice E. Edwell b. 11 May 1880". Design & Art Australia Online. Archived from the original on 4 November 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
- ^ a b "Members". Twenty Melbourne Painters Society Inc. 24 July 2017. Archived from the original on 23 February 2024. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
- ^ a b "Artists - Bernice Edwell". Australian Prints + Printmaking. National Gallery of Australia. 26 June 2021. Archived from the original on 19 March 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
- ^ Candice, Bruce (1995). "Mary Edwards b. 1894". Design & Art Australia Online. Archived from the original on 19 January 2024. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
- ^ "Edwell, Bernice E. (1880-1962)", Trove, 2012, retrieved 10 December 2024
External links
[edit]- Images of works by Bernice E. Edwell on Art Gallery of New South Wales
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