Norma Bull
Norma Catherine Bull (7 September 1906 – September 1980) was an Australian painter, printmaker and etcher best known for the paintings and sketches she made in Britain during World War II. Early life Bull was born and grew up in Melbourne, where her father was the Director of Bacteriology at Melbourne University In 1932 she graduated from the National Gallery of Victoria Art School, having won numerous prizes and scholarships during her time as a student. In 1934 she sold two works to the Melbourne Art Gallery and the same year the poet John Masefield agreed to sit for her whilst visiting Melbourne. The resulting etched portrait was shown at the Royal Academy in 1940. World War Two Bull moved to England to widen her artistic experience, arriving in London in April 1939. When the Second World War was declared in September that year Bull volunteered for civil defence work. She worked as a volunteer at a First Aid Clearing Station near Oxford where she received training in first ...
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Melbourne
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a metropolitan area known as Greater Melbourne, comprising an urban agglomeration of 31 local municipalities, although the name is also used specifically for the local municipality of City of Melbourne based around its central business area. The metropolis occupies much of the northern and eastern coastlines of Port Phillip Bay and spreads into the Mornington Peninsula, part of West Gippsland, as well as the hinterlands towards the Yarra Valley, the Dandenong and Macedon Ranges. It has a population over 5 million (19% of the population of Australia, as per 2021 census), mostly residing to the east side of the city centre, and its inhabitants are commonly referred to as "Melburnians". The area of Melbourne has been home to Aboriginal ...
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