Isabel May (Diana) Tweddle (1875–1945), was an

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painter. She was a member of the

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and the Twenty Melbourne Painters Society Inc.

Biography

Tweddle was born Isabel May Hunter on 26 November 1875 in New South Wales. From 1894 through 1897 she studied at the National Gallery School in Melbourne. There she met fellow artist Ada May Plante. After her studies she began exhibiting at the

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. In 1904 she married Joseph Thornton Tweddle, an Australian businessman and philanthropist. The couple traveled throughout Europe, and lived in London, England in 1921. Tweddle visited Scandinavia and the Pacific (the Solomon Islands, New Guinea, and Japan). Her paintings from those trips were exhibited in London. Tweddle had an interest in Post-Impressionist art, mainly though the work of Arnold Shore and

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. She is thought to have influenced Sybil Craig,

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and Jessie Mackintosh. She was a member of many artistic groups in Melbourne; the Contemporary Art Group, the

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, the Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors, and the Women's Art Club. Her paintings are in the collections of the Shepparton Art Museum, the

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, and the Art Gallery of New South Wales. She died on 9 July 1945 in Melbourne. Tweddle Place in the Canberra suburb of Chisholm is named in her honour.

Exhibitions

* 1943, from 1 December; Inclusion in a group show of ninety-one paintings and etchings with Arnold Shore,

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, John Rowell, Jas. Quinn, John Farmer, Mary Hurry, Dora Serle, Margaret Pestell, Dora Wilson, Allan Jordan,

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, Geo. Colville, and Victor Cog. Hawthorn Library.

Gallery

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References

External links

Isabel May Hunter Tweddle images
on The Australian Art Sales Digest site
Isabel Tweddle
ustralian art and artists file '' State Library Victoria'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Tweddle, Isabel May 1875 births 1945 deaths 20th-century Australian women artists 20th-century Australian artists Australian artists 19th-century Australian women Artists from New South Wales