Helen Lempriere
Helen Dora Lempriere (12 December 1907 – 5 November 1991) was an Australian painter, sculptor and printmaker.
Helen Lempriere | |
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 Lempriere in 1926 | |
| Born | Helen Dora Lempriere 12 December 1907 Malvern, Victoria, Australia |
| Died | 5 November 1991 (aged 83) Mona Vale, New South Wales, Australia |
| Memorial(s) | Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship |
Biography
Born in the Melbourne suburb of Malvern on 12 December 1907, she was the only child of Charles Algernon Lempriere (brother of businessman Geoffrey Lemprière) and Dora Elizabeth Octavia, née Mitchell (daughter of builder David Mitchell and younger sister of singer Nellie Melba).[1]
She was educated at Toorak Ladies' College (1925) and then received tuition in art first from A. D. Colquhoun and later from Justus Jorgensen.
Conception totenism, a 1956 painting employing Aboriginal themes, is held in the Art Gallery of New South Wales.[2] Other similar paintings and also prints donated by her husband after her death are in the collection of National Gallery of Australia[3] and in the Grainger Museum at the University of Melbourne.[4]
References
- Hetherington, Les, "Lempriere, Helen Dora (1907–1991)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 30 August 2021
- "Conception totemism, 1956 by Helen Lempriere". www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
- "Search the Collection: Helen Lempriere". National Gallery of Australia. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
- Gamboz, Gloria (June 2018). "Helen Lempriere: Mid-20th century representation of Aboriginal themes" (PDF). University of Melbourne Collections (22): 66–74.