- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE6175
De Vries, Susanna Mary
(1935 – )- Born 1 January, 1935, England
- Occupation Art historian, Author, Editor, Journalist, Lecturer
Details
Susanna Mary de Vries was born in England and studied visual arts and history at the Sorbonne in Paris and Madrid. She was awarded a Winston Churchill Fellowship to study Renaissance art in Florence and worked as an art historian and arts journalist in London and Spain.
Susanna emigrated to Australia in 1975. Here she developed a keen interest in Australian art and history and worked as a consultant editor for Australian collector’s quarterly and as a freelance journalist. Susanna was also head of Rare Books and Antiquarian Prints, James R. Lawson Fine Art Auctioneers, from 1979 to 1982.
Susanna has contributed to many publications, including The Journal of Art (USA) and The Antique Collector (UK), and has published fifteen books.
In 1996 Susanna was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for service to art as an author and lecturer in Australian and European art history and history.
Archival resources
- National Library of Australia, Manuscript Collection
- National Library of Australia
- John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection
- Fryer Library, The University of Queensland