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The Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors (1902 - )

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Function: Arts organisation
Location: Melbourne

The Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors was founded in 1902 by women who had been students at the Art School of the National Gallery of Victoria, to provide a forum for artistic discussion and an opportunity to view and comment on each other's work.

Originally named the Students' Art Club, it became "Woomballana" (meaning either 'everlasting beauty' or 'search for beauty') Art Club, The Women's Art Club, the Melbourne Society of Women Painters and finally, in 1954, the present title was adopted.


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URL: The home page for this entity is located at http://home.vicnet.net.au/~mswps/welcome.html
Alternative Names:
  • Melbourne Society of Women Painters
  • Students' Art Club
  • Women's Art Club
  • Woomballana
Location: The Ola Cohn Centre for the Arts, 41-43 Gipps Street, East Melbourne
 
Sources used to compile this entry: http://home.vicnet.net.au/~mswps/welcome.html.
 
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Published Resources

Books

  • The Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors, 1901 - 1980 : a survey of exhibiting members, 9 March - 20 April 1980, McClelland Gallery, Melbourne, 1980. [ Details... ]
  • Mathews, Marjorie McChesney, Brief history from 1901-1959 / [compiled from old minutes and reports], Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors, Melbourne, 1959, 38 pp. [ Details... ]
  • Peers, Juliet, More Than Just Gumtress: A Personal, Social and Artistic History of the Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors, Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors, Melbourne, 1993, 308 pp. [ Details... ]

Catalogues

  • Annual exhibition / Melbourne Society of Women Painters & Sculptors, Melbourne, [?1902-]. [ Details... ]

Newsletters

  • News bulletin / Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors, The Society, Melbourne, 1966-. [ Details... ]

Pamphlets

  • Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors, Society and exhibition rules, [Melbourne], [1968?], 3 pp. [ Details... ]
  • Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors, Constitution, [Melbourne], 1966, 7 pp. [ Details... ]

Online Resources


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Structure based on ISAAR(CPF) - click here for an explanation of the fields.Prepared by: Jane Carey and Anne Heywood
Created: 6 March 2002
Modified: 9 November 2004

Published by National Foundation for Australian Women on Australian Women's Archives Project Web Site
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Updated: 4 September 2008
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