Lesbia Thorpe

Lesbia Thorpe (in private life - Lee Baldwin)[1] (1919-2009)[2] was an Australian artist, possibly best known for her printmaking.[3]

Lesbia Thorpe
Born15 March 1919
Elsternwick, Victoria
Died2009 (age c. 90)
Ninderry, Queensland[1]
NationalityAustralian
Known forPainting
Printmaking

From 1931-1937 Thorpe studied under Dattilo Rubbo, and was elected in 1937 to Painter-Etchers Society and in 1943 to the Royal Art Society.[3] In 1953 she studied printmaking with Gertrude Hermes at the Central School of Art and Design in London. In 1954 she was elected an associate member of the Society of Wood Engravers of Great Britain. While in 1960, on a second visit to London, she was elected a member of the Royal Graphic Art Society.[3]

In a long life of making art, Thorpe also illustrated books[3] ("People of the Dreamtime",[4] "The Cruise of the Roebuck"), and made theatre sets[3] and was still holding exhibitions in 1994.[5] She won the Maud Vizard Wholoham Print Prize in 1958 and 1964.[1] She was a finalist in the 1938 Archibald Prize, with two works: Mrs Havelock Southwick and Miss Rose Broit.[6]

Collections

Works by Thorpe are held in the National Gallery of Australia (131 works),[2] the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery of UWA,[7] the National Gallery of Victoria (7 works),[8] and in the John Passmore Museum of Art (Wrobel Art Collection).[3]

References
  1. Australian Art Gallery: Lesbia Thorpe. Retrieved 5 September 2019
  2. NGA: Lesbia Thorpe: "La diva in sequins" National Gallery of Australia. Retrieved 5 September 2019
  3. Trove: Thorpe, Lesbia (1919-). National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  4. Marshall, A. (1952) "People of the Dreamtime". Cheshire, Melbourne, VIC.
  5. Griffin, S. (1994)Imagery of prints evolves, Canberra Times, 1 October 1994. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  6. Archibald Prize finalists, 1938. Art Gallery of New South Wales. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  7. Cruthers Collection of Women’s Art: "List of works", Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, UWA. Retrieved 31 August 2019
  8. NGV: Lesbia Thorpe. National Gallery of Victoria. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
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