Rose A. Walker (1879–1942), was an Australian painter and miniaturist. She was a founding member of the

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Biography

Walker was born in Walhalla in 1879. She attended the

Bendigo School of Mines The Bendigo School of Mines was established in Bendigo, Australia in 1873 to provide technical education, predominantly for the mining industry. It was then known as the ''Bendigo School of Mines and Industries'' from 1883 to 1959, ''Bendigo Techni ...

where she studied under Arthur T. Woodward. She then moved to Melbourne where she studied with

Max Meldrum Duncan Max Meldrum (3 December 1875 – 6 June 1955) was a Scottish-born Australian artist and art teacher, best known as the founder of Australian tonalism, a representational painting style that became popular in Melbourne during the interwa ...

. Walker exhibited her work around Melbourne at the

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, and the

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Gallery. She showed her work under the name "Mrs George Hartrick" after she wed. She was a member of the Victorian Artists Society, the

and the

Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors The Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors, established in Melbourne, Victoria in 1902, is the oldest surviving women's art group in Australia. History The Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors (MSWPS) began in 1902 as a ...

. She died in 1942. In 2013 Walker was included in the exhibition ''Towards Perth: Western Australian Women Artists Before 1950'' at the

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in Crawley, Australia.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Walker, Rose A. 1879 births 1942 deaths 19th-century Australian women artists 20th-century Australian women artists 20th-century Australian artists Artists from Victoria (state)