Iris Duncan Francis b. 1913

  • Artist (Painter)
Raised in an artistic family Francis was diverse in her art-making, fearlessly experimenting with techniques and media. Equally diverse in her working life, she combined teaching with playing in orchestras to entertain the wartime troops and translating aerial photographs of WA's northwest into topographical maps for the army.
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painter, was born in Fremantle on 21 January 1913, a week after her father’s untimely death, and raised by her mother and mother’s family.

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1995
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2011

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  • Perth Prize for Contemporary Art (exhibited at)
  • Western Australian Jubilee Exhibition of Paintings (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • Art Competition (exhibited at)
  • Aspects of Perth Modernism (exhibited at)
  • Beyond the Image: Western Australian Women Artists 1920-1960 (exhibited at)
  • Claude Hotchin Art Prize (exhibited at)
  • Exhibition of Kath Stephens, Iris Francis and Bessie Saunders (exhibited at)
  • Exhibition of Western Australian Art 1826-1937 (exhibited at)
  • Festival of Perth (exhibited at)
  • Paintings and Drawings by Allon Cook, Iris Francis and Katherine Jarvis (exhibited at)
  • Perth Prize for Contemporary Art (exhibited at)
  • Portia Bennett, Iris Francis, Kath Jarvis (exhibited at)
  • Retrospective (exhibited at)
  • The Two Aquarians (exhibited at)
  • Western Australian Jubilee Exhibition of Paintings (exhibited at)
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  • Look, Look Again (exhibited at)
  • Perth Prize for Contemporary Art (exhibited at)
  • Western Australian Jubilee Exhibition of Paintings (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • Art Competition (exhibited at)
  • Aspects of Perth Modernism (exhibited at)
  • Beyond the Image: Western Australian Women Artists 1920-1960 (exhibited at)
  • Claude Hotchin Art Prize (exhibited at)
  • Exhibition of Kath Stephens, Iris Francis and Bessie Saunders (exhibited at)
  • Exhibition of Western Australian Art 1826-1937 (exhibited at)
  • Festival of Perth (exhibited at)
  • Paintings and Drawings by Allon Cook, Iris Francis and Katherine Jarvis (exhibited at)
  • Perth Prize for Contemporary Art (exhibited at)
  • Portia Bennett, Iris Francis, Kath Jarvis (exhibited at)
  • Retrospective (exhibited at)
  • The Two Aquarians (exhibited at)
  • Western Australian Jubilee Exhibition of Paintings (exhibited at)
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