Gwendolyn Muriel Grant (1877 - 1968)
1877Ipswich, Australia1968Brisbane, AustraliaAustralia
Gwendolyn Muriel Grant
Gwendolyn Muriel Grant was an Australian artist, who worked mostly in portrait work in the Impressionist style. Many of her works have coastal or beach scenes, in addition to formal portraits and she was part of a vanguard of women exhibiting their work in Australia. Gwendolyn Grant was president of the Brisbane Lyceum Club in 1923. She wrote for the local newspapers on art and exhibited her works with the Victorian Artists Society and Society of Women Painters. She regularly entered the Archibald Prize competition. She exhibited her works in 15 solo exhibitions and 4 with her husband. She taught art at the Brisbane CTC until she was 75.
Date and place of birt: | 1877, Ipswich, Australia |
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Date and place of death: | 1968, Brisbane, Australia |
Nationality: | Australia |
Period of activity: | XIX, XX century |
Specialization: | Artist, Genre painter, Landscape painter, Painter, Portraitist |
Genre: | Genre art, Landscape painting, Portrait |
Art style: | Impressionism, Realism |
Technique: | Oil, Oil on canvas, Oil on panel |