Dora Serle

Dora Serle
Born Dora Beatrice Hake
(1875-09-02)2 September 1875
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died September 10, 1968(1968-09-10) (aged 93)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Nationality Australian
Known for Painting
Spouse(s)
Percival Serle (m. 1910–1951)

Dora Beatrice Serle (1875–1968), was an Australian painter. She was the president of the Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors from 1933–1934.

Biography

Serle was born on 2 September 1875 in Melbourne, Australia.[1]

She studied at the National Gallery school where she was taught by Phillips Fox, Jane Sutherland, and Walter Withers.[2] She attended the Gallery School with her sister Elsie Barlow.[3]

In 1902 Serle traveled to Paris, France, where she was exposed to the Impressionists, which influenced her subsequent work.[2]

In 1910 she married the scholar Percival Serle (1871–1951).[2]

Serle was a member of the Victorian Artists Society, the Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors and the Lyceum Club.[2]

She died on 10 September 1968 at Hawthorn, Melbourne.[4]

Legacy

Serle's painting are in the collections of the National Gallery of Australia and the National Gallery of Victoria.[5][4]

References

  1. ↑ "Dora Serle". National Gallery of Victoria. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Serle, Geoffrey. "Serle, Dora Beatrice (1875–1968)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  3. ↑ "Elsie Frederica Barlow". Australian Art Gallery. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  4. 1 2 "Serle, Dora (1875–1968)". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  5. ↑ Dora, SERLE,. "Summertime, Croydon". artsearch.nga.gov.au. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
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