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An image of The picnic by Thea Proctor

Thea Proctor

(Australia 02 Oct 1879–29 Jul 1966)

Title
The picnic
Year
(circa 1925)
Media category
Drawing
Materials used
pencil, watercolour, gouache on buff paper
Dimensions

40.6 x 56.4cm sheet

Signature & date
Signed l.l., pencil "Thea Proctor". Not dated.
Credit
Gift of Miss Emmie Russell 1985
Accession number
54.1985
Copyright
© AGNSW
Location
Not on display
Bibliography (10)

Andrew Sayers (Australia, b.1957) (Author), Sarah Engledow (Australia) (Author), Barry Humphries (Australia, b.1934) (Author), The world of Thea Proctor, Canberra, 2005, 43, 44, 113 (colour illus.), 176.

Bridget Elliott (Canada, b.1957) (Editor), Janice Helland (Canada) (Editor), Women artists and the decorative arts 1880-1935: the gender of ornament, Aldershot, 2002, 79, 82, 83.

Jane Hylton (b.1950) (Author), Modern Australian women: paintings & prints 1925-1945, Adelaide, 2000, 20 (colour illus.), 21, 125.

Hendrik Kolenberg (Netherlands; Australia) (Author), Australian drawings from the Gallery's collection, Domain, 1997, 44 (colour illus.). cat.no. 32

Helen Topliss (Australia) (Author), Modernism and Feminism Australian Women Artists 1900-1940, Sydney, 1996, 158 (illus.). Illustration 93.

Hendrik Kolenberg (Netherlands; Australia) (Author), Everyday life: prints drawings and watercolours from the collections of Australian and European art, Sydney, 1994. cat.no. 70

Trixie Whitmore (Australia) (Author), Toxic/Chemical Free Pregnancy & Child Rearing, Sydney, 1991, cover (illus.).

Annabel Davie (Editor), Art Gallery of New South Wales Handbook, Domain, 1988, 112 (colour illus.).

The Sydney morning herald 29 May 1935, 29 May 1935.

South Australian Society of Artists (Australia) (Author), Watercolours and Drawings by Thea Proctor, Adelaide, 1925. cat.no. 22. Priced at 30 guineas.

Exhibition history (9)

Watercolours and drawings by Thea Proctor (1925), Exhibition Venue Unknown, 1925–1925.

Thea Proctor (1935), Macquarie Galleries, 1935–1935.

Everyday Life, prints, drawings and watercolours from the collections of Australian and European Art, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 01 Oct 1994–27 Nov 1994.

Everyday Life, prints, drawings and watercolours from the collections of Australian and European Art, Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, 04 Mar 1995–01 Apr 1995.

Everyday Life, prints, drawings and watercolours from the collections of Australian and European Art, Griffith Regional Art Gallery, 03 May 1995–03 Jun 1995.

Everyday Life, prints, drawings and watercolours from the collections of Australian and European Art, Wagga Wagga City Art Gallery, 22 Jun 1995–30 Jul 1995.

Australian drawings from the Gallery's collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 13 Dec 1997–15 Mar 1998.

Modern Australian women: paintings and prints, Art Gallery of South Australia, 24 Nov 2000–21 Feb 2001.

The world of Thea Proctor (2005), National Portrait Gallery [Old Parliament House], 08 Apr 2005–31 Jul 2005.