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Dora Chapman
Dora Cecil Chapman (24 March 1911 – 15 May 1995), also known as Dora Cant, was a painter, silk-screen printer, potter and art teacher. A resident of South Australia, New South Wales, and England, she was concerned with changing society through social realist art. Biography Chapman was born at Mount Barker, South Australia, Mount Barker, South Australia on 24 March 1911. She won a scholarship to the South Australian School of Arts and Crafts (1928–1932) and studied in 1936–41 under Marie Tuck, Dorrit Black, Leslie Wilkie, Louis McCubbin and Ivor Hele. She joined the United Arts Club where students could sketch from life. Chapman was exhibiting from 1935 when she showed a group of paintings, with her still life images deemed most successful. As well as paintings, she exhibited hand-weaving and some well-modelled pottery which gave "further evidence of her artistic ability". From 1935 she exhibited with the Royal South Australian Society of Arts (RSASA) and was elected an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Barker, South Australia
Mount Barker is a city in South Australia. Located approximately 33 kilometres (21 miles) from the Adelaide city centre, it is home to 16,629 residents. It is the seat of the District Council of Mount Barker, the largest town in the Adelaide Hills, as well as one of the fastest-growing areas in the state. Mount Barker lies at the base of a local eponymous peak called the Mount Barker summit. It is 50 kilometres from the Murray River. Mount Barker was traditionally a farming area; many of the lots just outside the town area are farming lots, although some of them have been replaced with new subdivisions in recent times. History Mount Barker, the mountain, was sighted by Captain Charles Sturt in 1830, although he thought he was looking at the previously discovered Mount Lofty. This sighting of Mount Barker was the first by a European. Captain Collet Barker corrected Sturt's error when he surveyed the area in 1831. Sturt named the mountain in honour of Captain Barker after he was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
