Hilda Rix Nicholas (1884 - 1961)

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Hilda Rix Nicholas

Hilda Rix Nicholas was an Australian artist. Born in the Victorian city of Ballarat, she studied under a leading Australian Impressionist, Frederick McCubbin, at the National Gallery of Victoria Art School from 1902 to 1905 and was an early member of the Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors. After travelling to Tangier in 1912, Rix held several successful exhibitions of her work, with one drawing, Grande marché, Tanger, purchased by the French government. She was one of the first Australians to paint post-impressionist landscapes, was made a member of the Société des Peintres Orientalistes Français, and had works hung in the Paris Salon in 1911 and 1913. Returning to Australia in 1918, Rix Nicholas once more took up professional painting, and held an exhibition of over a hundred works at Melbourne's Guild Hall. Many sold, including In Picardy, purchased by the National Gallery of Victoria. Following a period painting in rural locations in the early 1920s, Rix Nicholas returned to Europe. In 1926, Rix Nicholas returned to Australia. Though she continued to paint significant works including The Summer House and The Fair Musterer, Rix Nicholas, a staunch critic of modernism and disdainful of emerging major artists such as Russell Drysdale and William Dobell, grew out of step with trends in Australian art. Her pictures followed a conservative modern style, portraying an Australian pastoral ideal.

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Date and place of birt:1 september 1884, Ballarat, Australia
Date and place of death:3 august 1961, Delegate, Australia
Nationality:United Kingdom, France, Australia, England
Period of activity: XIX, XX century
Specialization:Artist, Landscape painter, Painter, Portraitist
Genre:Flower still life, Genre art, Landscape painting, Portrait, Rural landscape, Still life
Art style:Realism, Orientalism
Technique:Charcoal, Oil, Oil on canvas, Pastel

Creators United Kingdom

Henry Clarence Whaite (1828 - 1912)
Henry Clarence Whaite
1828 - 1912
David Garshen Bomberg (1890 - 1957)
David Garshen Bomberg
1890 - 1957
John Cleveley (1747 - 1786)
John Cleveley
1747 - 1786
George Vicat Cole (1833 - 1893)
George Vicat Cole
1833 - 1893
Robert Hunter (1715 - 1803)
Robert Hunter
1715 - 1803
Joseph (Joe) Plaskett (1918 - 2014)
Joseph (Joe) Plaskett
1918 - 2014
Palamedes Palamedesz I (1605 - 1638)
Palamedes Palamedesz I
1605 - 1638
Richard Cosway (1742 - 1821)
Richard Cosway
1742 - 1821
Francis Grant (1803 - 1878)
Francis Grant
1803 - 1878
Percy Anderson (1851 - 1928)
Percy Anderson
1851 - 1928
Benjamin Robert Haydon (1786 - 1846)
Benjamin Robert Haydon
1786 - 1846
Andries Scheerboom (1832 - 1891)
Andries Scheerboom
1832 - 1891
Nathaniel Dance-Holland (1735 - 1811)
Nathaniel Dance-Holland
1735 - 1811
Horatio McCulloch (1805 - 1867)
Horatio McCulloch
1805 - 1867
John Rankin Waddell (1966)
John Rankin Waddell
1966
Thomas Bardwell (1704 - 1767)
Thomas Bardwell
1704 - 1767

Creators Orientalism

Julius Adam I (1821 - 1874)
Julius Adam I
1821 - 1874
Hermann Schmiechen (1855 - 1925)
Hermann Schmiechen
1855 - 1925
Clara von Sivers (1854 - 1924)
Clara von Sivers
1854 - 1924
Carlo Ademollo (1824 - 1911)
Carlo Ademollo
1824 - 1911
Franz van Severdonck (1809 - 1889)
Franz van Severdonck
1809 - 1889
Walter Westley Russell (1867 - 1949)
Walter Westley Russell
1867 - 1949
Yuriy Podlyaskiy (1923 - 1987)
Yuriy Podlyaskiy
1923 - 1987
Vasily Pavlovich Schreiber (1850 - 1905)
Vasily Pavlovich Schreiber
1850 - 1905
Oskar Denner (1924)
Oskar Denner
1924
Lidio Ajmone (1884 - 1945)
Lidio Ajmone
1884 - 1945
Leon Jan Wyczólkowski (1852 - 1936)
Leon Jan Wyczólkowski
1852 - 1936
John Lavery (1856 - 1941)
John Lavery
1856 - 1941
Johan Edvard Bergh (1828 - 1880)
Johan Edvard Bergh
1828 - 1880
Johann Karl Hetz (1828 - 1899)
Johann Karl Hetz
1828 - 1899
Jean Beffier (1851 - 1920)
Jean Beffier
1851 - 1920
Heinrich Ferdinand Hofmann (1824 - 1911)
Heinrich Ferdinand Hofmann
1824 - 1911