Constance Stokes b. 1906

Also known as Constance Parkin
  • Artist (Painter)
Stokes' art shows her interest in the human form, in particular the female figure. Her powerful nude female studies are beyond the erotic or decorative, rather they portray her perception of the alienation and isolation of women.
Tags: portrait artist
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Citations

  • Ambrus, Caroline (1984), 'The Ladies’ Picture Show’, Sydney, NSW.

  • Burke, Janine (1980), 'Australian Women Artists 1840-1940’, Collingwood, Vic.

  • Germaine, Max (1991), 'A Dictionary of Women Artists of Australia’, Roseville East, NSW.

  • Lofthouse, Andrea; & Smith, Vivienne (1982), 'Who’s Who of Australian Women 1982’, North Ryde, NSW (with artist’s statement).

  • McCulloch, Alan; & McCulloch, Susan (1994), 'The Encyclopedia of Australian Art’, St Leonards, NSW.

  • Pascoe, Joseph (1985), 'Constance Stokes Retrospective Exhibition’, Swan Hill, Vic : Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery (catalogue).

  • 'Constance Stokes’, Canberra, ACT : Hazel de Berg tape, National Library of Australia oral history project.

  • Catriona Quinn, 'Krimper in context: the importance of provenance to design research,’ RMIT Design Archives Journal, Vol 5 No 2 2015

See also

  • 'Section 10, plate 441'.

Initial data sources

  • Heritage: The National Women's Art Book

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Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
  • Artist
Residences
  • - Paris, France
  • - London, England, UK
  • - Melbourne, Vic.
  • Paris, France
  • London, England, UK
  • Melbourne, Vic.
Tags
  • portrait artist
Trainings
  • c.1929 - c.1933 Royal Academy, London, England, UK
  • - National Gallery School, Melbourne, Vic.
  • c.1929 - c.1933 Royal Academy, London, England, UK
  • National Gallery School, Melbourne, Vic.