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Romola Clifton
Romola Clifton (born 30 November 1935) is an Australian artist who won the Claude Hotchin, Claude Hotchin Art Prize for watercolor in 1956 and the Helena Rubinstein Portrait Prize in 1960. Career Clifton was born in Perth, Western Australia, daughter of Nancy Millicent Clifton, née Hughes (1911–1989) and Marshall Waller Gervase Clifton (1903–1975), a well-known architect and artist of considerable ability. She grew up in the Perth suburb of Mosman Park, Western Australia, Mosman Park and attended St Hilda's Anglican School for Girls, St Hilda's School. In 1951 she won the Claude Hotchin, Claude Hotchin Jubilee junior art prize, and in the Youth Art Exhibition following year her painting of the Fremantle Harbour was accepted for the International Junior Red Cross exhibition in Toronto, Canada. In 1953 two of her watercolors were accepted for an exhibition called "Young Artists of the Commonwealth", at which Rolf Harris was also represented. She studied at the Slade School of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claude Hotchin
Sir Claude Hotchin OBE (7 March 1898 – 3 June 1977) was a businessman and art dealer, patron and benefactor in Western Australia. He is remembered for his support for Australian painters and Western Australian (especially regional) art galleries. History Hotchin was born at Quorn, South Australia, a son of butcher Robert John Hotchin ( – ca.27 October 1909) and Bertha Mary Hotchin (née Brown, later Osborne) ( – 28 July 1938), a tailor. In 1905 the family moved to Broken Hill, New South Wales. After leaving Broken Hill's Burke Ward school, he worked for a few years as a junior clerk at the Town Hall and moved to Adelaide in 1914 or perhaps 1915, and found work as "oil boy" (paint technician), messenger and shop boy in the hardware store of Clarkson Ltd, 124–126 Rundle Street, Adelaide, which specialised in glass, paint and ceramic lavatory ware. On 4 June 1925 he and his newly-wed wife, a daughter of the business owner Albert Edward Clarkson ( – ca.25 April 1936), move ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |