Olive Ashworth (1915 – 2000) was an Australian artist, textile designer and photographer.
She is acknowledged as a significant contributor to Australian textile design during the 1950s.
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Collections
Ashworth's works are held in the collections of the National Gallery of Australia
The National Gallery of Australia (NGA), formerly the Australian National Gallery, is the national art museum of Australia as well as one of the largest art museums in Australia, holding more than 166,000 works of art. Located in Canberra in th ...
(including Aquarelle, Mushroom coral, and Reef fantasy), and the Queensland Art Gallery (includes Design for Coral garden, Design for Reef fantasy, Design for Queensland, and Great Barrier Reef neck tie).
The State Library of Queensland also has a pair of toy ducks designed and made by Ashworth.
The Olive Ashworth Textile Collection is held by the Queensland Museum
The Queensland Museum is the state museum of Queensland, dedicated to natural history, cultural heritage, science and human achievement. The museum currently operates from its headquarters and general museum in South Brisbane with specialist mu ...
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Exhibitions
Group
*''Women Artists of North Queensland'', Perc Tucker Regional Gallery
Perc ''(pronounced purse)'' Tucker Regional Gallery is a heritage-listed public art gallery in the Townsville CBD, City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
Located on the corner of Flinders and Denham streets, the Gallery has a collection of o ...
(1995)
* ''Women Hold Up Half The Sky'', National Gallery of Australia
The National Gallery of Australia (NGA), formerly the Australian National Gallery, is the national art museum of Australia as well as one of the largest art museums in Australia, holding more than 166,000 works of art. Located in Canberra in th ...
(1995)
*''New Woman'', Museum of Brisbane
Museum of Brisbane (MoB) explores contemporary and historic Brisbane, Australia, and its people through a program of art and social history exhibitions, workshops, talks, tours and children's activities. Located on Level 3, of Brisbane City Hall ...
2019)
Significance
On Ashworth, the Queensland Art Gallery
The Queensland Art Gallery (QAG) is an art museum located in South Bank, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The gallery is part of QAGOMA. It complements the Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) building, situated only away.
The Queensland Art Gallery ...
wrote: "Olive Ashworth is one of the few Australians, and the only Queensland-based artist, to contribute significantly to textile design in the 1950s".
References
External links
Queensland Museum: Selling Queensland includes bikini designed by Ashworth
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1915 births
2000 deaths
20th-century Australian women artists
20th-century Australian artists
Artists from Brisbane
Australian women illustrators
Australian women photographers
Book designers
Textile designers
Toy designers