Muriel Warren Cornish b. 1893

Also known as Muriel W. Cornish, Muriel Cornish
  • Artist ,
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Designer
Sydney-born illustrator, printmaker, craftsperson and painter. Cornish studied art privately with Albert Collins and attended Julian Ashton's Sydney Art School in the early 1930s. She exhibited embroidery and china painting with the Arts and Crafts Society of NSW until the 1920s and with the Women's Industrial Arts Society in 1936.
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Name
Muriel Warren Cornish
Also known as:
  • Muriel W. Cornish
  • Muriel Cornish
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Painter)
  • Designer
Birth date
1893
Birth place
Newcastle, NSW
Birth note
date also given as 1913 (unlikely, as Cornish was exhibiting by 1919)
Death date
13 July 1940
Death place
Cremorne, Sydney, NSW
Death note
date also given as 1945
Active Period
  • c.1930 - c.1936
Training
  • 1930 - 1933 Sydney Art School, Sydney, NSW
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Black and white artists

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Roles
  • Artist
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Painter)
  • Designer
  • Artist
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Painter)
References [<ExternalResource: 'NSW Birth Records : 36852/1893'.>, <ExternalResource: 'NSW Death Records : 10302/1940'.>, <ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, 'Hand-painted porcelain teacup, saucer and sideplate', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>] [<ExternalResource: 'NSW Birth Records : 36852/1893'.>, <ExternalResource: 'NSW Death Records : 10302/1940'.>]
Alternative names
  • Muriel W. Cornish
  • Muriel Cornish
  • Muriel W. Cornish
  • Muriel Cornish
Related people
  • Collins, Albert (associate of)
  • Perry, Adelaide (associate of)
  • Ashton, Julian (associate of)
  • Cornish, Arthur W. (child of)
  • Cornish, Mabel (child of)
  • Collins, Albert (associate of)
  • Perry, Adelaide (associate of)
  • Ashton, Julian (associate of)
  • Cornish, Arthur W. (child of)
  • Cornish, Mabel (child of)
Related person groups
  • Arts and Crafts Society of NSW (associate of)
  • Society of Women Artists (associate of)
  • Arts and Crafts Society of NSW (associate of)
  • Society of Women Artists (associate of)
Related works
  • Hand-painted porcelain teacup, saucer and sideplate (None)
Related collections
  • Archives Office of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • NSW Society of Arts and Crafts Archives (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Archives Office of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • NSW Society of Arts and Crafts Archives (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
Related events
  • Women's Industrial Arts Society exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Arts and Crafts Society of NSW (exhibited at)
  • Women's Industrial Arts Society exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Arts and Crafts Society of NSW (exhibited at)
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