Gwen Barringer (29 July 1882 – 26 August 1960) was a South Australian artist, known for her watercolours.
Barringer was noted for watercolours of flowers and landscapes, to which she invested a fairyland-like glamour [1] and remained immune to trends and changing fashions. In 1928 following an extensive sketching tour of Europe [2] she held a solo exhibition in Adelaide which achieved a near record sale (over £1000) for an Australian woman. [3] She died in Adelaide on 26 August 1960 after a long illness. She is represented in the State galleries of South Australia and Victoria, and the National Gallery, Canberra. [4]
Barringer studied at the South Australian School of Arts and Crafts under H. P. Gill, Archibald Collins and Hans Heysen. She was a council member of the South Australian Society of Arts for over 30 years, and was also well known as a teacher.
Barringer Street in the Canberra suburb of Conder is named in her honour, as well as her sister-in-law Ethel. [5]
Family
Barringer was born Gwendoline L'Avence Adamson, her parents being Adam and Kate Emma Adamson (née Kentish, 1861 – 27 December 1941) in the inner Adelaide suburb of Harrowville, Adelaide. Her grandfather was a brother of James Hazel Adamson (1829–1902 [6]), a prominent artist of early South Australia.
She married Herbert Page Barringer (also a watercolourist) on 18 November 1910 at Christ Church, North Adelaide, [7] unsuccessfully seeking a divorce in 1930 [8] and later divorcing him in 1937. [9]
Herbert Barringer's sister Ethel Barringer was an artist of some note.
Selected works
- Port Adelaide (ca. 1920) Carrick Hill collection. [10]
References
- ^ "Glamor in Painting Exhibits". The News. Adelaide. 5 June 1951. p. 7. Retrieved 2 November 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Women's Page". The Register. Adelaide. 10 January 1928. p. 4. Retrieved 2 November 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Australian Artists – Gwendoline L'avance Barringer". Australian Art and Prints. 26 August 1960. Archived from the original on 29 July 2013. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
- ^ McCulloch, Alan Encyclopedia of Australian Art Hutchinson of London First Edition, 1968 ISBN 0-09-081420-7
- ^ "National Memorial Ordinance 1928 Determination of Nomenclature Australian Capital Territory National Memorials Ordinance 1928 Determination of Nomenclature". Commonwealth of Australia Gazette. Periodic (National : 1977 - 2011). 31 August 1988. p. 1. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
- ^ "Family Notices". The Register. Vol. LXVII, no. 17, 307. Adelaide. 3 May 1902. p. 4. Retrieved 17 June 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Family Notices". The Advertiser. Vol. LIII, no. 16, 269. Adelaide. 7 December 1910. p. 8. Retrieved 17 June 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Divorce Cases". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 13 November 1930. p. 7. Retrieved 2 November 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Undefended Divorce Actions". The Chronicle. Vol. LXXX, no. 4, 209. Adelaide. 15 July 1937. p. 45. Retrieved 17 June 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Australian Web Archive". webarchive.nla.gov.au. 23 August 2006. Archived from the original on 26 June 2009. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
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Gwen Barringer (29 July 1882 – 26 August 1960) was a South Australian artist, known for her watercolours.
Barringer was noted for watercolours of flowers and landscapes, to which she invested a fairyland-like glamour [1] and remained immune to trends and changing fashions. In 1928 following an extensive sketching tour of Europe [2] she held a solo exhibition in Adelaide which achieved a near record sale (over £1000) for an Australian woman. [3] She died in Adelaide on 26 August 1960 after a long illness. She is represented in the State galleries of South Australia and Victoria, and the National Gallery, Canberra. [4]
Barringer studied at the South Australian School of Arts and Crafts under H. P. Gill, Archibald Collins and Hans Heysen. She was a council member of the South Australian Society of Arts for over 30 years, and was also well known as a teacher.
Barringer Street in the Canberra suburb of Conder is named in her honour, as well as her sister-in-law Ethel. [5]
Family
Barringer was born Gwendoline L'Avence Adamson, her parents being Adam and Kate Emma Adamson (née Kentish, 1861 – 27 December 1941) in the inner Adelaide suburb of Harrowville, Adelaide. Her grandfather was a brother of James Hazel Adamson (1829–1902 [6]), a prominent artist of early South Australia.
She married Herbert Page Barringer (also a watercolourist) on 18 November 1910 at Christ Church, North Adelaide, [7] unsuccessfully seeking a divorce in 1930 [8] and later divorcing him in 1937. [9]
Herbert Barringer's sister Ethel Barringer was an artist of some note.
Selected works
- Port Adelaide (ca. 1920) Carrick Hill collection. [10]
References
- ^ "Glamor in Painting Exhibits". The News. Adelaide. 5 June 1951. p. 7. Retrieved 2 November 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Women's Page". The Register. Adelaide. 10 January 1928. p. 4. Retrieved 2 November 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Australian Artists – Gwendoline L'avance Barringer". Australian Art and Prints. 26 August 1960. Archived from the original on 29 July 2013. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
- ^ McCulloch, Alan Encyclopedia of Australian Art Hutchinson of London First Edition, 1968 ISBN 0-09-081420-7
- ^ "National Memorial Ordinance 1928 Determination of Nomenclature Australian Capital Territory National Memorials Ordinance 1928 Determination of Nomenclature". Commonwealth of Australia Gazette. Periodic (National : 1977 - 2011). 31 August 1988. p. 1. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
- ^ "Family Notices". The Register. Vol. LXVII, no. 17, 307. Adelaide. 3 May 1902. p. 4. Retrieved 17 June 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Family Notices". The Advertiser. Vol. LIII, no. 16, 269. Adelaide. 7 December 1910. p. 8. Retrieved 17 June 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Divorce Cases". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 13 November 1930. p. 7. Retrieved 2 November 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Undefended Divorce Actions". The Chronicle. Vol. LXXX, no. 4, 209. Adelaide. 15 July 1937. p. 45. Retrieved 17 June 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Australian Web Archive". webarchive.nla.gov.au. 23 August 2006. Archived from the original on 26 June 2009. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
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