Josephine Caddy (c. 1916 – 2006) was an American-Australian painter and

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, who worked in the media of

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, printmaking, drawing, and ceramics. She focused on portraiture in both her paintings and ceramics, including "people pots", vases featuring human faces.

Biography

Caddy was born in

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, USA and spent part of her childhood in

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, Alaska. She completed a degree in Fine Arts at the

Vancouver School of Art Emily Carr University of Art + Design (abbreviated as ECU) is a public art university located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The university's campus is located within the Great Northern Way Campus in Strathcona. The university is a co ...

. She arrived in Tasmania in 1951 and moved to Adelaide in 1957, where she frequently held exhibitions of her work and taught at the South Australian School of Art (now the

University of South Australia The University of South Australia (UniSA) is a public research university in the Australian state of South Australia. It is a founding member of the Australian Technology Network of universities, and is the largest university in South Australi ...

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and Girton Girls' School. Caddy was divorced and had three children.

Notable works

Jo Caddy's paintings are held by the Art Gallery of South Australia and in several private collections. Seven of her portraits were finalists in the

Archibald Prize The Archibald Prize is an Australian portraiture art prize for painting, generally seen as the most prestigious portrait prize in Australia. It was first awarded in 1921 after the receipt of a bequest from J. F. Archibald, the editor ...

and she won the

Portia Geach Memorial Award The Portia Geach Memorial Award is an annual prize for Australian female portraitists. The Award was established in 1961 as a testamentary trust by Florence Kate Geach, sister of Australian painter Portia Geach, with an initial endowment of AU£ ...

in 1967. Caddy produced portraits of several notable Australian and international figures including: * Joy Adamson (naturalist) * Justice John Jefferson Bray (Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of South Australia) *Christopher Coventry (artist) (Finalist 1973 Archibald Prize) * Lawrence Daws (artist) (Winner 1967

; Finalist 1967 Archibald Prize) *

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(actor) (Finalist 1968 Archibald Prize) * Sir Robert Helpmann (ballet dancer, actor and choreographer) * Brian Medlin (Professor of Philosophy, Flinders University) *

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(Australian artist) *Seymour Segal (Canadian artist) * Mervyn Smith (Australian artist) * Hamilton D'Arcy Sutherland (heart surgeon)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Caddy, Jo 1910s births 2006 deaths 20th-century Australian artists American emigrants to Australia Place of birth missing Date of birth unknown Place of death missing Date of death missing