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.

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 ...

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'',

(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
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ashworth, Olive 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