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
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Courtesy of: Eva Breuer Art Dealer
Shadows III
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Acrylic on linen

122 × 122 cm

 
creator of
Table
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Designed for Gallery A

 
creator of
Coffee Table
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laminex plastic sheet, metal legs

Designed for Gallery A

 
creator of
Ballerina
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Residences
  • 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
  • 1974 - 2014 Binalong, NSW, Australia ( For most of this time she lived on a property near Binalong, called Scribble Rock)
  • 2014 - Bellarine Peninsula, Victoria