Ethleen Mary Palmer b. 1 August 1906

Also known as Ethleen Palmer
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter)
Ethleen Palmer was one of the generation of women printmakers who have come to characterise Australian art in the decades between World War I and World War II. During World War II she taught remedial art practice to returned soldiers. At the end of the War she founded an art school, the Double Bay Studio, that ran from 1945-1951.
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Christmas cards
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A sample book of Christmas cards from the 1940s are held at Queensland Art Gallery Research Library. They are noted for their Aboriginal design influence. Cited Badeley cat.8

 
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On the Road to Sydney c.1850
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Depicts a bushranger holding up coach. ill. Ward Gallery catalogue, 1979, p12

 

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  • Art teacher 1945 - 1951 Double Bay, NSW
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Place Yeoville, Johannesburg, South Africa Sydney, NSW, Australia