Henrietta Maria Gulliver (29 October 1866 – 15 July 1945) was an Australian artist who specialized in landscape and floral

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paintings. She was also a florist, horticulturalist and landscape designer.

Life and Family

Henrietta grew up in Sale, in Eastern Victoria. She was the fifth of eight children born to

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Robert Shanklin and Maria Barbara née Ronalds, who was a professional fly tier and daughter of renowned

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. Henrietta married George Ekins Gulliver in 1900 and had two daughters. Gulliver was a successful and wealthy pharmacist who developed and manufactured the famous Australian drug “Laxettes”. They spent the majority of their married life in the Melbourne area although they also lived for several years in Capel, Surrey in England.

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is one of their great-grandsons.

Gardener and Florist

Henrietta had moved to Melbourne around 1885 to work for her uncle Nathaniel Ronalds, who was a leading nurseryman and florist. She then opened her own florist business in the city centre which quickly gained a strong reputation. After her marriage she was able to design and create substantial garden estates in

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and Sassafras, both of which were widely admired.

Painter

Henrietta studied at the

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in the period 1892-99. Tom Roberts encouraged her interest in painting, and she also interacted with the landscape painter Arthur Streeton, who influenced her style and remained a lifelong friend. She was invited to exhibit at Frederick McCubbin’s studio in 1905. She was a founding member of the Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors and served in two different periods as president. She was an original member of the

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in 1918, and was also active in the Victorian Artists Society, including on its council. Henrietta mounted a solo exhibition in 1925. Her gardens and their flowers were the inspiration for many of her paintings. Other artists who also sketched and painted at her properties included

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and

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Selected works

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The Hawthorn Path
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Exhibitions

* Victorian Artists' Society Spring exhibition, Galleries East Melbourne ''(1917)'' * Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors annual exhibition, Queen Victoria Markets ''(1919)'' * Twenty Melbourne Painters, Athenaeum Gallery ''(15 - 29 September, 1925)'' * Decoration Gallery, 289 Collins Street ''(November 24 - December 5, 1925)'' * Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors 28th annual exhibition, Athenaeum Gallery ''(1937)'' * Flower studies, Stair Gallery, 131 Collins Street ''(November 29 - December 11, 1937)'' * Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors 29th annual exhibition, Athenaeum Gallery ''(1938)'' * Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors annual exhibition, Athenaeum Gallery ''(1941)'' * Victorian Artists' Society Spring exhibition ''(September 29 - October 11, 1942)'' * Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors 36th annual exhibition, Athenaeum Gallery ''(9 - 20 October, 1945)''

Collections

* Castlemaine Art Museum

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gulliver, Henrietta Maria 1866 births 1945 deaths 19th-century Australian women artists 20th-century Australian women artists Australian women painters 19th-century Australian painters 20th-century Australian painters People from Sale, Victoria Artists from Victoria (Australia) National Gallery of Victoria Art School alumni Australian horticulturists Australian landscape architects