Melbourne Society of Women Painters & Sculptors - The oldest surviving women's art group in Australia!

The Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors aims to provide help and encouragement to women artists and organises facilities for exhibiting their work. Lectures demonstrations, media workshops and regular life and portrait workshops are run by the Society to give members the opportunity to meet fellow artists and to work together.

100 Years of Annual Exhibitions
was celebrated at
Glen Eira City Council Gallery Cnr. Hawthorn and Glen Eira Roads Caulfield
from 22nd October to 1st November 2009

It was to be opened by Lady Marigold Southey who could not make it.
Annie Davison Oliver Award was judged by Susan McCulloch
A commemorative book was produced to record this important Victorian Art Event.

Melbourne Society of Women Painters & Sculptors 100th Annual Exhibition publication,
available for purchase from 24th September 2009.

Consisting of eighty pages with over seventy full colour images of present day members' work, and brief history of past exhibitions by Dr Juliet Peers.
The archival publication records this important, historic event in Australian Art history.

Price $20 plus $10 postage and handling (each copy).
To order: send email to mswps@yahoo.com.au.
Images below are an example of the artistic quality within the publication.

Artist: Annie Finkelde Work Titled: Albury, Looking South to Victoria Medium: Oil

Artist: Anna Hamnes Work Titled: Where am I Medium: Oil

Artist: Jennifer Croom Work Titled: Dancing the Light Medium: Acrylic

Artist: Heather Ellis Work Titled: Sitting Pretty Medium: Bronze

Nerrida Robertson, Work Titled: Nesting Frenzy, Medium: Ink and Acrylic

Artist: Beverley McCathie Work Titled: Bottles Medium: Oil

PAST EXHIBITION PHOTOS

The Society has a long and proud history as the oldest surviving women's art group in Australia. Previously thought to have been founded in 1901, recent research indicates that the Society was begun in March 1902, by a group of former students from the Art School at the National Gallery of Victoria.

Originally named the Students' Art Club, it became "Woomballana" (meaning either 'everlasting beauty' or 'search for beauty') Art Club, The Women's Art Club, the Melbourne Society of Women Painters and finally, in 1954, the present title was adopted. The rich history of the Society has been fully documented and beautifully presented in "More Than Just Gumtrees" by Juliet Peers.

For information about particular Australian Artists please see list
of artists and where to find information about them click here

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