Rosa Fiveash b. 22 July 1854

Also known as Rosa Catherine Fiveash
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter)
A painter and etcher who lived her whole life in North Adelaide. An accomplished botanical illustrator and flower painter Fiveash was also a pioneer of china painting, responsible for introducing the technique to Adelaide.

Citations

  • Black, J.M. (1943), 'Flora of South Australia’, Orchidaceae 1, 2nd edn, Adelaide, SA.

  • Biven, Rachel (1976), 'Some Forgotten… Some Remembered’, Norwood, SA.

  • Farr, Muriel E. (1915), 'Miss R.C. Fiveash’, Lone Hand, May 01.

  • Lothian, T.R.N.L. (Noel) (1974), 'Rosa Fiveash’s Australian Orchids’, Adelaide, SA.

  • Sims, E.B. (1981), 'Rosa Catherine Fiveash’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 8, [eds. Nairn, B. and Serle, G.], Melbourne, Vic.

  • Symon, D. (1988), 'A Festival of Ellis Rowan Flower Paintings’, Adelaide Botanic Garden catalogue, Adelaide, SA.

  • Wilson, Shirley Cameron (1988), 'From Shadow into Light’, St Peter’s, SA.

See also

  • 'Section 7, plate 294'.

Initial data sources

  • Heritage: The National Women's Art Book