Janet Dawson b. 1935

  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Designer ,
  • Artist (Printmaker)
Painter, printmaker and designer working in the mid twentieth century. She studied at the National Gallery School in the 1950s and joined the stable of Gallery A, exhibiting first in 1961. She later curated "The Bauhaus: Aspects and Influence" in the same year at the gallery. She also designed a limited edition of tables for Laminex ca.1964.
Tags: Archibald Prize, furniture designer, printmaker, curator, painter
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Name
Janet Dawson
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
  • Designer
  • Artist (Printmaker)
Other Occupation
  • Illustrator, Curator, Set Designer 1969 - 1971 The Australian Museum Sydney, NSW
  • Founder (ANZSIC code: 69) 1963 - 1965 Gallery A Print Workshop, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
  • Print Workshop Manager 1966 Gallery A, Sydney, NSW
  • Art teacher 1967 - Olsen’s Bakery School, Paddington NSW
  • Art teacher 1968 Mary Place, Sydney, NSW
  • Printmaker (proof printer) 1960 Atelier Patris, Paris, France
Tags:
Archibald Prize
furniture designer
printmaker
curator
painter
Birth date
1935
Birth place
Sydney, NSW, Australia
Active Period
  • c.1953 - c.2020-2029
Residence
  • 1974 - 2014 Binalong, NSW, Australia ( For most of this time she lived on a property near Binalong, called Scribble Rock)
  • 2014 - Bellarine Peninsula, Victoria
  • 1936 - 1941 Forbes, New South Wales
  • 1941 - 1957 Melbourne, Victoria
  • 1957 - 1960 London, England
  • 1960 Paris, France
  • 1961 - 1966 Melbourne, Victoria
  • 1966 - 1974 Sydney, New South Wales
Training
  • c.1950 - c.1955 National Gallery School, Melbourne, Vic.
  • Painting then printmaking, 1957 - 1959 Slade School of Art, London, England
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Legacy data. Source 'unknown'

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