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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Name
Iris Duncan Francis
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Teacher (ANZSIC code: 8102)
  • Musician (ANZSIC code: 9002)
  • Commercial artist (ANZSIC code: 6924)
Birth date
1913
Birth place
Fremantle, Perth, WA
Active Period
  • c.1920 - c.1956
Residence
  • Fremantle, WA
Training
  • under J.W.R. Linton and A.B. Webb, Perth Technical College, Perth, WA
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Heritage: The National Women's Art Book

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References [<ExternalResource: Erickson, Dorothy (2000), 'Art and Design in Western Australia: Perth Technical College 1900-2000', Perth, WA.>, <ExternalResource: Gooding, Janda (1987), 'Western Australian Art and Artists 1900-1950', Art Gallery of Western Australia catalogue, Perth, WA.>, <ExternalResource: Shervington, Helen (1986), 'Iris Francis', Aspects of Perth Modernism 1929-1942, University of Western Australia catalogue, [ed. David Bromfield], Nedlands, WA.>]