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Lola Ryan
Born1925
Died2003 (aged 77–78)
NationalityAustralian
Known forShell art

Lola Ryan (1925โ€“2003) was an

Tharawal/Eora descent who lived in La Perouse
. Her work is in the permanent collections of several Australian museums.

Biography

Ryan, who was of

Tharawal/Eora descent, lived in La Perouse and learned shellworking from her family.[1][2] Ryan often worked with her sister, Mavis Longbottom.[3] Ryan and her sister, Longbottom, started selling their work as children.[4] The sisters would collect shells from Yarra Beach and other areas along the coast of New South Wales.[4]

Work

Ryan's work is often brightly coloured, "encrusted" and scaled for use as art in the home.[5] She began to work with art collector, Peter Fay, in the late 1990s.[6] She started showing her work in galleries around the same time and in 2001, she showed her work at Gitte Weise's Gallery.[1][2]

Ryan's work is in the collections of the

Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Cultural Renewal". Art Gallery of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  2. ^ a b Loxley, Anne (24 October 2001). "Tradition Comes Out of Its Shell, and It's a Glittering Creation". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 6 August 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Shimmer (PDF). Wollongong Art Gallery. p. 5.
  4. ^ a b c "Four shellwork boxes made by Mavis Longbottom and Lola Ryan at La Perouse". Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  5. ^ Weston, Gemma. "In defence of bad taste: the art of Pat Larter and Lola Ryan". The Conversation. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  6. S2CID 144194168
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  7. ^ Ryan, Lola. "Harbour Bridge". Item held by National Gallery of Australia. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  8. ^ "Kooka, (2000) by Lola Ryan :: The Collection". Art Gallery NSW. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  9. ^ "Glitter: Pater Larter vs. Lola Ryan" (PDF). Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery. 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  10. ^ "Shell map of Australia inspired the Al โ€“ Istakhari's map". Australian National Maritime Museum. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  11. ISBN 978-1-921034-54-1
    .

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