Rose A. Walker
Rose A. Walker | |
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| Born | 1879 Walhalla, Victoria, Australia |
| Died | 1942 (aged 62–63) |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Known for | Painting |
| Spouse | George Hartrick |
Rose A. Walker (1879–1942), was an Australian painter and miniaturist. She was a founding member of the
Twenty Melbourne Painters Society.[1]
Biography
Walker was born in Walhalla in 1879.[2] She attended the Bendigo School of Mines where she studied under Arthur T. Woodward. She then moved to Melbourne where she studied with Max Meldrum.[3]
Walker exhibited her work around Melbourne at the Victorian Artists Society, and the Athenaeum Gallery. She showed her work under the name "Mrs George Hartrick" after she wed.[3]
She was a member of the Victorian Artists Society, the
Twenty Melbourne Painters Society and the Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors.[3]
She died in 1942.[2]
In 2013 Walker was included in the exhibition Towards Perth: Western Australian Women Artists Before 1950 at the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery in Crawley, Australia.[4]
References
- ^ "Members". Twenty Melbourne Painters Society Inc. 24 July 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
- ^ a b "Walker, , Rose A. (1879-1942)". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- ^ a b c "Rose A. Walker b. 1879". Design & Art Australia Online (DAAO). Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- ^ "Towards Perth: Western Australian Women Artists Before 1950". Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery. The University of Western Australia. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
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