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Norah Gurdon (Jan-March 1882 - 27 June 1974) was an Australian artist. Her first name is often misspelled Nora in many articles reviewing her work.
File:Norah Gurdon and Janet Cumbrae-Stewart.jpg, ''Norah Gurdon and Janet Cumbrae Stewart'', Private collection
File:Norah Gurdon, Pegg Clarke, Dora Wilson.png, ''Pegg Clarke, Norah Gurdon, and Dora Wilson (and Brompton) at Kalorama'', Private collection
File:Moving in Kalorama - Norah Gurdon.png, ''Moving into Kalorama'', Private collection
File:Kalorama House - Norah Gurdon.png, ''Finished house at Kalorama'', Private collection
File:Norah Gurdon and Terry.png, ''Norah and Terry'', Private collection
1909
* The Waddy Club, Guildhall, Melbourne, ''June'' ''1909''
1910
* Victorian Artists' Society, Athenaeum Art Gallery, Melbourne, ''October 1910''
1911
* City of Prahran Art Exhibition (First Prize in Oils for the work "Tottie"), ''September 1911''
1912
* Group exhibition (with Dora Wilson and Ruth Sutherland), Tuckett and Styles' Art Gallery, Melbourne, ''7 - 18 May 1912''
* Victorian Artists' Society Autumn Exhibition, Albert St Galleries, Eastern Hill, Melbourne, ''16 - 30 April 1912''
* Victorian Artists' Society annual exhibition, Albert St Galleries, Eastern Hill, Melbourne, ''July'' ''1912''
1913
* Twelve Melbourne Painters, Athenaeum Gallery, Melbourne, ''September 1913''
* Victorian Artists Society annual exhibition, Albert St Galleries, Eastern Hill, Melbourne, ''September 1913''
1915
* Private viewing at studio, 404 Fulham Road, London, ''July 1915''
1920
* Solo exhibition, Athenaeum Gallery, Melbourne, ''18 - 28 May 1920''
* Society of Women Painters, Queen Victoria Building, Sydney, ''August 1920''
1921
* Solo exhibition, Queensland Art Society's Gallery, Kent Building, Brisbane, ''April 1921''
* Miss Margaret McLean Studio, Melbourne, ''April 1921''
* Victorian Artists' Society Autumn Exhibition, Albert St Galleries, Eastern Hill, Melbourne, ''1921''
* Victorian Artists' Society Spring Exhibition, Albert St Galleries, Eastern Hill, Melbourne, ''1921''
1922
* The Gordon Art Club, Stanley Davidson Memorial Gall, Gordon Institute, Geelong, ''27 July - 8 August 1922''
* Victorian Artists Society Spring Exhibition, Albert St Galleries, Eastern Hill, Melbourne, ''1922''
1923
* Solo exhibition, Athenaeum Gallery, Melbourne, ''10 - 23'' ''April 1923''
* Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors Annual exhibition, ''May 1923''
* Australian Pictures for London Exhibition, Education Building, Sydney, ''June 1923''
* Women's Art Club, Athenaeum Gallery, Melbourne, ''August 1923''
* Queensland Art Society, Brisbane, ''November 1923''
* Royal Academy Exhibition of Australian Art, London, ''1923''
* Empire Exhibition, Australian Court of the Fine Art Palace, London, ''December 1923''
1924
* Society of Women Painters Annual Exhibition, Education Department Gallery, Sydney, ''May'' ''1924''
* Women's Art Club, Athenaeum Gallery, Melbourne, ''1 - 11 October 1924''
1925
* Miss Margaret McLean Studio, Melbourne, ''26 March - 8 April 1925''
* Solo exhibition, Athenaeum Gallery, Melbourne, ''20- 30'' ''May 1925''
* Women's Art Club, Athenaeum Gallery, Melbourne, ''June 1925''
* Sedon Galleries, Hardware Chambers, Melbourne, ''October 1925''
* Exhibition of oils and watercolours, Sedon Galleries, Melbourne, ''14 -18 December 1925''
1926
* Society of Women Painters, Education Department Galleries, Sydney, ''April 1926''
* Fundraising exhibition for the Children's Hospital, Fine Art Society's Gallery, Melbourne, ''July 1926''
* Works in oil and watercolour by Australian Artists, New Gallery, Melbourne, ''6 - 20 July 1926''
* Arts and Crafts Society Annual Exhibition, Society's Rooms, Melbourne, (Exhibited a bag, hat and baskets) ''21 September - 16 October 1926''
* Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors annual exhibition, ''October 1926''
* Women's Art Club, Athenaeum Gallery, Melbourne, ''1 - 11'' ''December 1926''
1927
* Solo exhibition, Athenaeum Gallery, ''28 April - 7 May 1927''
* Collection of Mr E.H. Serle's Pictures, Victorian Artists' Society, Albert St Galleries, Eastern Hill, Melbourne, ''May 1927''
* Miss Margret MacLean Gallery, Cornhill Building, Melbourne, ''September 1927''
* The Arts and Craft Society of Victoria, (First Prize for Best Raffin Bag (joint winner)), Melbourne, ''September 1927''
* Victorian Artists' Society Spring Exhibition, Albert St Galleries, Eastern Hill, Melbourne, ''October 1927''
1928
*Women's Art Club Annual Exhibition, Athenaeum Gallery, Melbourne, ''October 1928''
1929
*Australian Painters, New Gallery, Melbourne, ''12 - 26 March 1929''
*"Record of a short tour abroad", Solo exhibition, New Gallery, Melbourne, ''9 - 20 April 1929''
*Arts and Crafts Society of Victoria, Melbourne Town Hall, Melbourne, ''1 - 12 October 1929''
*Victorian Artists' Society Spring Exhibition, Albert St Galleries, Eastern Hill, Melbourne, ''October 1929''
*Women's Art Club Annual Exhibition, Athenaeum Gallery, Melbourne, ''October 1929''
1930
*War artists exhibition, Sedon Galleries, Melbourne, ''May 1930''
*Society of Women Painters, Education Department Galleries, Sydney, ''May 1930''
*The Cheyne Gallery, Melbourne, ''June 1930''
*Victorian Artists' Society exhibition, Albert St Galleries, Eastern Hill, Melbourne, ''October 1930''
1931
*Victorian Artists' Society exhibition, Albert St Galleries, Eastern Hill, Melbourne, ''April 1931''
*Society of Women Painters, Athenaeum Gallery, Melbourne, ''September 1931''
1932
*Hand weaving exhibition, Arts and Crafts Society of Victoria Rooms, Little Collins Street, (Exhibited woolen rugs) ''29 January - 5 February 1932''
*Exhibition of Paintings and Miniatures, Athenaeum Gallery, Melbourne, ''3 - 23 July 1932''
*Victorian Artists' Society Spring Exhibition, Albert St Galleries, Eastern Hill, Melbourne, ''26 September - 9 October 1932''
1933
*South Australian Society of Arts Spring Exhibition, Society's Gallery, North Terrace, Adelaide, ''21 September - 12 October 1933''
*Melbourne Society of Women Painters Annual Exhibition, Athenaeum Gallery, ''10 - 24 October 1933''
*Arts and Crafts Society of Victoria, Melbourne, ''October 1933''
1934
*Victorian Artists' Society Autumn Exhibition, Albert St Galleries, Eastern Hill, Melbourne, ''1 - 13'' ''May 1934''
*Society of Women Painters Annual Exhibition, Education Department Gallery, Sydney, ''May 1934''
*Society of Women Painters Exhibition, Education Department Gallery, Sydney, ''July 1934''
*Arts and Crafts Society Annual Exhibition, Lower Melbourne Town Hall, ''19 - 29 September 1934''
*Victorian Artists' Society Spring Exhibition, Albert St Galleries, Eastern Hill, Melbourne, ''October 1934''
*Melbourne Society of Women Painters, ''16 - 27 October 1934''
*Melbourne Society of Women Painters, Athenaeum Gallery, ''October 1934''
*Solo exhibition, Kalorama studio at home, ''24 November - 2 December 1934''
1935
*Victorian Artists' Society Spring Exhibition, Albert St Galleries, Eastern Hill, Melbourne, ''26 April - 10 May 1935''
1936
*Paintings by Australian Artists, Stair Gallery, Melbourne, ''25 February - 11 March 1936''
*Women's Industrial Arts Society Exhibition, Victoria Arcade, Sydney, ''May 1936''
*Society of Twenty Melbourne Painters Annual Exhibition, Athenaeum Hall, Melbourne, ''September 1936''
*Melbourne Society of Women Painters Annual Exhibition, Athenaeum Gallery, Melbourne, ''October 1936''
*Arts and Crafts Society of Victoria, Lower Melbourne Town Hall, (Exhibited woven bags and belts), ''October 1936''
1937
*Arts and Crafts Society of Victoria, Collins Street, Melbourne, (Exhibited tapestry, woven bags and a woven hen) ''February 1937''
*Solo Fundraising exhibition for St George's Hospital Building League, Fine Art Society's Gallery, Melbourne, ''6 - 17 April 1937''
*Arts and Crafts Society of Victoria Annual Exhibition, Lower Melbourne Town Hall, (Exhibited a tapestry cushion) ''September 1937''
*Melbourne Society of Women Painters Annual Exhibition, Athenaeum Gallery, Melbourne, ''5 - 16 October 1937''
1939
*Fundraising exhibition for the Bush Fire Relief Fund, Athenaeum Gallery, Melbourne, ''February 1939''
*Hawthorn Municipal Library, ''July - 5 August 1939''
*Melbourne Society of Women Painters Annual Exhibition, Athenaeum Gallery, Melbourne, ''3 - 14 October 1939''
1940
*Melbourne Society of Women Painters Annual Exhibition, Athenaeum Gallery, Melbourne, ''15 - 26 October 1940''
*Fundraising exhibition for the Lord Mayor's Patriotic Appeal, Sedon Gallery, Melbourne, ''November 1940''
1941
*Melbourne Society of Women Painters Annual Exhibition, Athenaeum Gallery, Melbourne, ''21October - 1 November 1941''
1942
*Melbourne Society of Women Painters Annual Exhibition, Athenaeum Gallery, ''October 1942''
1943
*Solo Fundraising exhibition for Red Cross Prisoners of War Fund, Sedon Gallery, Melbourne, ''24 March - 4 April 1943''
1944
*6th Annual Australian Academy of Art (Southern division), Melbourne, ''July 1944''
*The Blue Door, Melbourne, ''July 1944''
*The Blue Door, Melbourne, ''November 1944''
1945
*The Blue Door, Melbourne, ''February 1945''
1946
*Spring Collection of Pictures, The Blue Door, Melbourne, ''September 1946''
*Melbourne Society of Women Painters Annual Exhibition, Athenaeum Gallery, Melbourne, ''15 - 25 October 1946''
1949
*Dandenong Ranges Group Handicrafts Exhibition, Shire Hall, Ferntree Gully, (Exhibited floor rugs and weavings), ''June 1949''
*Solo Fundraising exhibition for "the Food for Britain Fund' and the "Church of England Diocesan Homes for Elderly People," Sedon Gallery, Melbourne, ''August 1949''
*Christmas Show, Sedon Gallery, Melbourne, ''December 1949''
1950
*Paintings by Past and Present Australian Artists, Sedon Galleries, ''June 1950''
1953
* "Herald outdoor art show 1953", Treasury Gardens, Melbourne, ''12 - 20 December 1953''
1977
* "Project 21: Women's Images of Women", Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, ''15 October - 13 November 1977''
1995
* "The Women's View: Australian women artists in the Bendigo Art Gallery, 1888-1995", Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, ''8 March - 2 April 1995''
* "A l'hombre des jeunes filles et des fleurs: In the shadow of young girls and flowers", Benalla Art Gallery, Benalla, ''10 March - 28 May 1995''
2021
*"Her Own Path", Bayside Gallery, Melbourne, ''13 March - 19 May 2021''
*"Trailblazers: Women of the Yarra Ranges", Yarra Ranges Regional Museum, ''6 March - 26 July 2021''
Early life
Norah Gurdon was born around Jan-March 1882 in Norfolk, England, to Dr. Edwin John Gurdon and Ellen Ann Randall. She was baptised on 11 April 1882. She was the second of four surviving children, and her family emigrated toBallarat
Ballarat ( ) is a city in the Central Highlands (Victoria), Central Highlands of Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. At the 2021 Census, Ballarat had a population of 116,201, making it the third largest city in Victoria. Estimated resid ...
, Victoria
Victoria most commonly refers to:
* Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia
* Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada
* Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory
* Victoria, Seychelle ...
in 1886, travelling on board ship the ''Carlisle Castle''. They eventually settled in Brighton
Brighton () is a seaside resort and one of the two main areas of the City of Brighton and Hove in the county of East Sussex, England. It is located south of London.
Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze A ...
where her father had a doctor's surgery at their home. Gurdon showed early artistic talent while attending Brighton High School for Girls.
Career
Gurdon attended the National Gallery School from 1901 to 1908, being taught by noted artistsFrederick McCubbin
Frederick McCubbin (25 February 1855 – 20 December 1917) was an Australian artist, art teacher and prominent member of the Heidelberg School art movement, also known as Australian impressionism.
Born and raised in Melbourne, Victoria, McCubb ...
and Bernard Hall. While there she studied with fellow artists Jessie Traill
Jessie Constance Alicia Traill (29 July 1881 – 15 May 1967) was an Australian printmaker. Trained by Frederick McCubbin at the National Gallery of Victoria Art School, and by painter and printmaker Frank Brangwyn in London, Traill worked in ...
, Dora Wilson
Dora Lynnell Wilson (31 August 1883 – 21 November 1946) was a British-born Australian artist, best known in her adopted country of Australia for her etchings and street scenes.
Early life
Dora Lynnell Wilson was born on 31 August 1883 in Newc ...
, Constance Jenkins, and Janet Cumbrae Stewart
Janet Agnes Cumbrae Stewart (23 December 1883 – 8 September 1960) was an Australian painter. She spent the 1920s and 1930s painting in Britain, France and Italy.
Biography
Cumbrae Stewart was born on 23 December 1883 in Brighton, Victoria, A ...
, who were to become her lifelong friends. An accomplished landscape and still-life painter, Gurdon exhibited her works with the Victorian Artists Society
The Victorian Artists Society, which can trace its establishment to 1856 in Melbourne, promotes artistic education, art classes and gallery hire exhibition in Australia. It was formed in March 1888 when the Victorian Academy of Arts (previously Vi ...
while still a student. She established her artistic prowess early on by winning the major category for oil painting in the 1909 City of Prahran's Art Exhibition Prize. By the following year she had rented a studio in Collins Street along with friends Stewart and Traill. As well as being a prominent figure in the Melbourne Society of Painters and Sculptors, Gurdon went on to exhibit with fellow National Gallery School
The National Gallery of Victoria Art School, associated with the National Gallery of Victoria, was a private fine arts college founded in 1867 and was Australia's leading art school of 50 years.
It is also referred to as the 'National Gallery ...
alumni in 1913 as part of Twelve Melbourne Painters. The group included Ruth Sutherland
Ruth Sutherland (1884–1948), was an Australian painter and art critic. She was a founding member of the Twenty Melbourne Painters Society.
Biography
Sutherland was born in Adelaide in 1884. She was granddaughter to notable sketcher George Su ...
, Charles Wheeler, Dora Wilson
Dora Lynnell Wilson (31 August 1883 – 21 November 1946) was a British-born Australian artist, best known in her adopted country of Australia for her etchings and street scenes.
Early life
Dora Lynnell Wilson was born on 31 August 1883 in Newc ...
, May Roxburgh, Percy Leason
Percy Alexander Leason (23 February 1889 – 11 September 1959) was an Australian political cartoonist and artist who was a major figure in the Australian tonalist movement. As a painter and commercial artist his works span two continents.
Ea ...
, Louis McCubbin, Penleigh Boyd
Theodore Penleigh Boyd (15 August 1890 – 27 November 1923) was a British born Australian artist.
Penleigh Boyd was a member of the Boyd artistic dynasty: his parents Arthur Merric Boyd (1862–1940) and Emma Minnie Boyd (née à Beckett) ...
, H. B. Harrison, and Frank Cozier.
World War I
Intending to continue her artistic training overseas, in 1914 Gurdon travelled to England with her sister Winifred. Gurdon along with friend Jessie Traill was stuck in Europe due to the outbreak of war ten weeks after arriving. She signed up as a British Red Cross volunteer nurse in a French military hospital at Le Croisic, serving for three and a half years and was awarded a British Victory medal for her services. Much of her painting during this time was landscapes from travels to England and Scotland prior to war breaking out, and when armistice was reached in 1920 she stayed on to paint through Scotland, Suffolk, and Cornwall. This was hardly her only venture overseas however, as she returned in 1927, meeting fellow artistsPegg Clarke
Pegg Clarke ( – 1959) was an Australian professional fashion, portrait, architectural and society photographer whose work, published frequently in magazines, was referred to by historian Jack Cato as being of "the highest standard."
Biograp ...
and Dora Wilson in Rome, and narrowly avoiding World War II on her 1938 travels to Norway and Sweden.
Kalorama
Unlike many other female artists of the time, Norah Gurdon was unmarried and financially independent. She purchased land in 1922 with plans to build her dream house in the Dandenong Ranges at Kalorama. When the house was finished she lived there with her sister Winifred and had many fellow artists as guests, with former students and teachers joining her for ''plen air'' landscape painting. While Gurdon painted in an impressionist style similar to her contemporaries, she favoured muted blue and grey tones to capture the hills of the Dandenongs. She also enjoyed handicrafts, spending her spare time at tapestry looms designing and producing her own floor rugs and mats.Exhibitions
Gurdon was a regular and successful exhibitor of work, exhibiting with the Victorian Artists Society, Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors, and the Australian Art Association. In the 1920s she held many solo exhibitions at the Athenaeum Gallery, and later at the Women's Industrial Arts Society in Sydney, and the Royal Queensland Art Society in Brisbane. She held an exhibition in 1937 at the Fine Arts Gallery in aid of the construction of St George's Hospital in Kew.1909
* The Waddy Club, Guildhall, Melbourne, ''June'' ''1909''
1910
* Victorian Artists' Society, Athenaeum Art Gallery, Melbourne, ''October 1910''
1911
* City of Prahran Art Exhibition (First Prize in Oils for the work "Tottie"), ''September 1911''
1912
* Group exhibition (with Dora Wilson and Ruth Sutherland), Tuckett and Styles' Art Gallery, Melbourne, ''7 - 18 May 1912''
* Victorian Artists' Society Autumn Exhibition, Albert St Galleries, Eastern Hill, Melbourne, ''16 - 30 April 1912''
* Victorian Artists' Society annual exhibition, Albert St Galleries, Eastern Hill, Melbourne, ''July'' ''1912''
1913
* Twelve Melbourne Painters, Athenaeum Gallery, Melbourne, ''September 1913''
* Victorian Artists Society annual exhibition, Albert St Galleries, Eastern Hill, Melbourne, ''September 1913''
1915
* Private viewing at studio, 404 Fulham Road, London, ''July 1915''
1920
* Solo exhibition, Athenaeum Gallery, Melbourne, ''18 - 28 May 1920''
* Society of Women Painters, Queen Victoria Building, Sydney, ''August 1920''
1921
* Solo exhibition, Queensland Art Society's Gallery, Kent Building, Brisbane, ''April 1921''
* Miss Margaret McLean Studio, Melbourne, ''April 1921''
* Victorian Artists' Society Autumn Exhibition, Albert St Galleries, Eastern Hill, Melbourne, ''1921''
* Victorian Artists' Society Spring Exhibition, Albert St Galleries, Eastern Hill, Melbourne, ''1921''
1922
* The Gordon Art Club, Stanley Davidson Memorial Gall, Gordon Institute, Geelong, ''27 July - 8 August 1922''
* Victorian Artists Society Spring Exhibition, Albert St Galleries, Eastern Hill, Melbourne, ''1922''
1923
* Solo exhibition, Athenaeum Gallery, Melbourne, ''10 - 23'' ''April 1923''
* Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors Annual exhibition, ''May 1923''
* Australian Pictures for London Exhibition, Education Building, Sydney, ''June 1923''
* Women's Art Club, Athenaeum Gallery, Melbourne, ''August 1923''
* Queensland Art Society, Brisbane, ''November 1923''
* Royal Academy Exhibition of Australian Art, London, ''1923''
* Empire Exhibition, Australian Court of the Fine Art Palace, London, ''December 1923''
1924
* Society of Women Painters Annual Exhibition, Education Department Gallery, Sydney, ''May'' ''1924''
* Women's Art Club, Athenaeum Gallery, Melbourne, ''1 - 11 October 1924''
1925
* Miss Margaret McLean Studio, Melbourne, ''26 March - 8 April 1925''
* Solo exhibition, Athenaeum Gallery, Melbourne, ''20- 30'' ''May 1925''
* Women's Art Club, Athenaeum Gallery, Melbourne, ''June 1925''
* Sedon Galleries, Hardware Chambers, Melbourne, ''October 1925''
* Exhibition of oils and watercolours, Sedon Galleries, Melbourne, ''14 -18 December 1925''
1926
* Society of Women Painters, Education Department Galleries, Sydney, ''April 1926''
* Fundraising exhibition for the Children's Hospital, Fine Art Society's Gallery, Melbourne, ''July 1926''
* Works in oil and watercolour by Australian Artists, New Gallery, Melbourne, ''6 - 20 July 1926''
* Arts and Crafts Society Annual Exhibition, Society's Rooms, Melbourne, (Exhibited a bag, hat and baskets) ''21 September - 16 October 1926''
* Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors annual exhibition, ''October 1926''
* Women's Art Club, Athenaeum Gallery, Melbourne, ''1 - 11'' ''December 1926''
1927
* Solo exhibition, Athenaeum Gallery, ''28 April - 7 May 1927''
* Collection of Mr E.H. Serle's Pictures, Victorian Artists' Society, Albert St Galleries, Eastern Hill, Melbourne, ''May 1927''
* Miss Margret MacLean Gallery, Cornhill Building, Melbourne, ''September 1927''
* The Arts and Craft Society of Victoria, (First Prize for Best Raffin Bag (joint winner)), Melbourne, ''September 1927''
* Victorian Artists' Society Spring Exhibition, Albert St Galleries, Eastern Hill, Melbourne, ''October 1927''
1928
*Women's Art Club Annual Exhibition, Athenaeum Gallery, Melbourne, ''October 1928''
1929
*Australian Painters, New Gallery, Melbourne, ''12 - 26 March 1929''
*"Record of a short tour abroad", Solo exhibition, New Gallery, Melbourne, ''9 - 20 April 1929''
*Arts and Crafts Society of Victoria, Melbourne Town Hall, Melbourne, ''1 - 12 October 1929''
*Victorian Artists' Society Spring Exhibition, Albert St Galleries, Eastern Hill, Melbourne, ''October 1929''
*Women's Art Club Annual Exhibition, Athenaeum Gallery, Melbourne, ''October 1929''
1930
*War artists exhibition, Sedon Galleries, Melbourne, ''May 1930''
*Society of Women Painters, Education Department Galleries, Sydney, ''May 1930''
*The Cheyne Gallery, Melbourne, ''June 1930''
*Victorian Artists' Society exhibition, Albert St Galleries, Eastern Hill, Melbourne, ''October 1930''
1931
*Victorian Artists' Society exhibition, Albert St Galleries, Eastern Hill, Melbourne, ''April 1931''
*Society of Women Painters, Athenaeum Gallery, Melbourne, ''September 1931''
1932
*Hand weaving exhibition, Arts and Crafts Society of Victoria Rooms, Little Collins Street, (Exhibited woolen rugs) ''29 January - 5 February 1932''
*Exhibition of Paintings and Miniatures, Athenaeum Gallery, Melbourne, ''3 - 23 July 1932''
*Victorian Artists' Society Spring Exhibition, Albert St Galleries, Eastern Hill, Melbourne, ''26 September - 9 October 1932''
1933
*South Australian Society of Arts Spring Exhibition, Society's Gallery, North Terrace, Adelaide, ''21 September - 12 October 1933''
*Melbourne Society of Women Painters Annual Exhibition, Athenaeum Gallery, ''10 - 24 October 1933''
*Arts and Crafts Society of Victoria, Melbourne, ''October 1933''
1934
*Victorian Artists' Society Autumn Exhibition, Albert St Galleries, Eastern Hill, Melbourne, ''1 - 13'' ''May 1934''
*Society of Women Painters Annual Exhibition, Education Department Gallery, Sydney, ''May 1934''
*Society of Women Painters Exhibition, Education Department Gallery, Sydney, ''July 1934''
*Arts and Crafts Society Annual Exhibition, Lower Melbourne Town Hall, ''19 - 29 September 1934''
*Victorian Artists' Society Spring Exhibition, Albert St Galleries, Eastern Hill, Melbourne, ''October 1934''
*Melbourne Society of Women Painters, ''16 - 27 October 1934''
*Melbourne Society of Women Painters, Athenaeum Gallery, ''October 1934''
*Solo exhibition, Kalorama studio at home, ''24 November - 2 December 1934''
1935
*Victorian Artists' Society Spring Exhibition, Albert St Galleries, Eastern Hill, Melbourne, ''26 April - 10 May 1935''
1936
*Paintings by Australian Artists, Stair Gallery, Melbourne, ''25 February - 11 March 1936''
*Women's Industrial Arts Society Exhibition, Victoria Arcade, Sydney, ''May 1936''
*Society of Twenty Melbourne Painters Annual Exhibition, Athenaeum Hall, Melbourne, ''September 1936''
*Melbourne Society of Women Painters Annual Exhibition, Athenaeum Gallery, Melbourne, ''October 1936''
*Arts and Crafts Society of Victoria, Lower Melbourne Town Hall, (Exhibited woven bags and belts), ''October 1936''
1937
*Arts and Crafts Society of Victoria, Collins Street, Melbourne, (Exhibited tapestry, woven bags and a woven hen) ''February 1937''
*Solo Fundraising exhibition for St George's Hospital Building League, Fine Art Society's Gallery, Melbourne, ''6 - 17 April 1937''
*Arts and Crafts Society of Victoria Annual Exhibition, Lower Melbourne Town Hall, (Exhibited a tapestry cushion) ''September 1937''
*Melbourne Society of Women Painters Annual Exhibition, Athenaeum Gallery, Melbourne, ''5 - 16 October 1937''
1939
*Fundraising exhibition for the Bush Fire Relief Fund, Athenaeum Gallery, Melbourne, ''February 1939''
*Hawthorn Municipal Library, ''July - 5 August 1939''
*Melbourne Society of Women Painters Annual Exhibition, Athenaeum Gallery, Melbourne, ''3 - 14 October 1939''
1940
*Melbourne Society of Women Painters Annual Exhibition, Athenaeum Gallery, Melbourne, ''15 - 26 October 1940''
*Fundraising exhibition for the Lord Mayor's Patriotic Appeal, Sedon Gallery, Melbourne, ''November 1940''
1941
*Melbourne Society of Women Painters Annual Exhibition, Athenaeum Gallery, Melbourne, ''21October - 1 November 1941''
1942
*Melbourne Society of Women Painters Annual Exhibition, Athenaeum Gallery, ''October 1942''
1943
*Solo Fundraising exhibition for Red Cross Prisoners of War Fund, Sedon Gallery, Melbourne, ''24 March - 4 April 1943''
1944
*6th Annual Australian Academy of Art (Southern division), Melbourne, ''July 1944''
*The Blue Door, Melbourne, ''July 1944''
*The Blue Door, Melbourne, ''November 1944''
1945
*The Blue Door, Melbourne, ''February 1945''
1946
*Spring Collection of Pictures, The Blue Door, Melbourne, ''September 1946''
*Melbourne Society of Women Painters Annual Exhibition, Athenaeum Gallery, Melbourne, ''15 - 25 October 1946''
1949
*Dandenong Ranges Group Handicrafts Exhibition, Shire Hall, Ferntree Gully, (Exhibited floor rugs and weavings), ''June 1949''
*Solo Fundraising exhibition for "the Food for Britain Fund' and the "Church of England Diocesan Homes for Elderly People," Sedon Gallery, Melbourne, ''August 1949''
*Christmas Show, Sedon Gallery, Melbourne, ''December 1949''
1950
*Paintings by Past and Present Australian Artists, Sedon Galleries, ''June 1950''
1953
* "Herald outdoor art show 1953", Treasury Gardens, Melbourne, ''12 - 20 December 1953''
1977
* "Project 21: Women's Images of Women", Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, ''15 October - 13 November 1977''
1995
* "The Women's View: Australian women artists in the Bendigo Art Gallery, 1888-1995", Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, ''8 March - 2 April 1995''
* "A l'hombre des jeunes filles et des fleurs: In the shadow of young girls and flowers", Benalla Art Gallery, Benalla, ''10 March - 28 May 1995''
2021
*"Her Own Path", Bayside Gallery, Melbourne, ''13 March - 19 May 2021''
*"Trailblazers: Women of the Yarra Ranges", Yarra Ranges Regional Museum, ''6 March - 26 July 2021''
Collections
Norah Gurdon's work is held in the collections of Shepparton Art Museum, Yarra Ranges Regional Museum, Castlemaine Art Gallery, National Gallery of Victoria, Bendigo Art Gallery, Benalla Art Gallery, Brighton Historical Society. Further reading Her Own Path: Norah Gurdon
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References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gurdon, Norah Australian portrait painters 20th-century Australian painters 1882 births 1974 deaths Australian women painters English emigrants to colonial Australia People from Brighton, Victoria Artists from Melbourne National Gallery of Victoria Art School alumni