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

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.

• Melbourne Society of Women Painters
• Students' Art Club
• Women's Art Club
• Woomballana

President

• Cohn, Carola (Ola) (1892 - 1964)

  [1950 - 1964]

Related Corporate Bodies

• National Council of Women of Victoria (1902 - )

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

• Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors, The Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors, Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors, http://home.vicnet.net.au/~mswps/. [ Details... ]