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

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1902
Melbourne
Occupations
Arts organisation
Alternative Names
  • Melbourne Society of Women Painters
  • Students' Art Club
  • Women's Art Club
  • Woomballana
Website
http://home.vicnet.net.au/~mswps/welcome.html
Location
The Ola Cohn Centre for the Arts, 41-43 Gipps Street, East Melbourne

Summary

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.

Sources used to compile this entry: http://home.vicnet.net.au/~mswps/welcome.html.

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Archival resources

State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection

  • The Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors Records, 1904 - 1978, MS 10713; State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection. Details

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 Gumtrees: 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

Jane Carey and Anne Heywood

Created: 6 March 2002, Last modified: 9 November 2004

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