Sybil Craig

Sybil Mary Frances Craig
Born (1901-11-18)18 November 1901
London, United Kingdom
Died 9 September 1989(1989-09-09) (aged 87)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Nationality Australian
Education National Gallery of Victoria Art School, Working Men's College
Known for Painting

Sybil Mary Frances Craig (1901–1989), was an Australian painter. She was appointed by the Australian War Memorial to accept the appointment as an official war artist. She was the first woman to paint women working in the munitions’ factories.[1]

Biography

Craig was born in London, England on 18 November 1901.[2] Her family emigrated to Australia in 1902.[3]

in the 1920s

From 1924 though 1931 Craig studied at the National Gallery of Victoria Art School where she was taught by Bernard Hall, William McInnes and Charles Wheeler.[2] She also studied at the Working Men's College, Melbourne (now RMIT) in 1935.[1] In 1932 she had her first solo show at the Melbourne Athenaeum.[1] She had a studio on Collins Street from 1936 to 1951 and had the financial means that left her free to pursue painting.[2]

In March 1945 Craig became an official war artist, commissioned by the Australian War Memorial Board to record the contribution of women to the war effort. She recorded women working at the Commonwealth Explosives Factory at Maribyrnong, a suburb of Melbourne.[2][4]

Craig was a member of several artistic organizations including the New Melbourne Art Club, the Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors, the Victorian Artists Society, and the Twenty Melbourne Painters.[2]

In 1978 the Important Woman Artists Gallery in East Malvern held a retrospective of her work.[2]

Craig died 15 September 1989 in Melbourne.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Wilkins, Lola. "Sybil Mary Frances Craig". Design & Art Australia Online (DAAO). Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Reilly, Dianne. "Craig, Sybil Mary Frances (1901–1989)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  3. ↑ "Sybil Craig". National Gallery of Victoria. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  4. ↑ Catherine Speck (2014). Beyond the Battlefield, Women Artists of Two World Wars. Reaktion Books. ISBN 978 178023 374 1.
  5. ↑ "Sybil Craig". The Australian War Memorial. Retrieved 27 March 2018.

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