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'''Nancy Wilmot Borlase''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AM}} (24 March 1914 – 11 September 2006) was a [[New Zealand]]-born Australian artist, well known for her [[landscape art|landscape]]-based [[abstract art|abstract]] paintings and [[portraits]], and as an [[art critic]] and commentator. Her work is displayed in the [[National Gallery of Australia]] and other major galleries.
'''Nancy Wilmot Borlase''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AM}} (24 March 1914 – 11 September 2006) was a New Zealand-born Australian artist, known for her [[landscape art|landscape]]-based [[abstract art|abstract]] paintings and [[portraits]], and as an [[art critic]] and commentator. Her work is displayed in the [[National Gallery of Australia]] and other major galleries.


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
Born in [[Taihape]], [[New Zealand]], in 1914, Borlase was 16 when she decided that art was her calling and shifted to [[Christchurch]], where she studied at [[Canterbury College School of Art]] under [[Francis Shurrock]].<ref name="Max Germaine" />
Born in [[Taihape]], [[New Zealand]], in 1914, Borlase was 16, when she decided that art was her calling and shifted to [[Christchurch]], where she studied at [[Canterbury College School of Art]] under [[Francis Shurrock]].<ref name="Max Germaine" />


Borlase moved to Australia in 1937, at age 22, where she studied life drawing and sculpture at [[East Sydney Technical College]] under Frank Medworth and Lynden Dadswell (1937–1940)and also life drawing under Rah Fizelle and [[Grace Crowley]]<ref name="Max Germaine" /> before switching to painting.<ref name="smh" /> In 1939 she joined the Contemporary Art Society, NSW branch and was an active committee member of the Society between 1952 and 1970.<ref name="Max Germaine" />
Borlase moved to Australia in 1937, at age 22, where she studied life drawing and sculpture at [[East Sydney Technical College]] under Frank Medworth and Lynden Dadswell (1937–1940)and also life drawing under Rah Fizelle and [[Grace Crowley]]<ref name="Max Germaine" /> before switching to painting.<ref name="smh" /> In 1939, she joined the Contemporary Art Society, NSW branch and was an active committee member of the Society between 1952 and 1970.<ref name="Max Germaine" />


She lived for a while next to [[Sidney Nolan]] in [[Melbourne]], was befriended by his benefactor [[John Reed (art patron)|John Reed]], and worked as an artist's model. She married trade union figure [[Laurie Short]] in 1941.<ref name="smh" />
She lived for a while next to [[Sidney Nolan]] in [[Melbourne]], was befriended by his benefactor [[John Reed (art patron)|John Reed]], and worked as an artist's model. She married trade union figure [[Laurie Short]] in 1941.<ref name="smh" />
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Borlase started as a [[Figurative art|figurative]] painter before moving to [[abstract impressionism]]. Her work was influenced by a study tour to New York in 1956, where she encountered [[Jackson Pollock]], [[Willem de Kooning]] and [[Mark Rothko]].<ref name="smh" /> Other study tours included tours to the USA 1960; Europe 1956, 1969, 1972, 1973; China 1976 (as one of three art writers).<ref name="Max Germaine" />
Borlase started as a [[Figurative art|figurative]] painter before moving to [[abstract impressionism]]. Her work was influenced by a study tour to New York in 1956, where she encountered [[Jackson Pollock]], [[Willem de Kooning]] and [[Mark Rothko]].<ref name="smh" /> Other study tours included tours to the USA 1960; Europe 1956, 1969, 1972, 1973; China 1976 (as one of three art writers).<ref name="Max Germaine" />


She worked as an art critic at ''[[The Bulletin (Australian periodical)|The Bulletin]]'', Sydney between 1972 and 1973<ref name="Max Germaine" /> and the ''[[Sydney Morning Herald]]'' from 1973.<ref name="smh" />
She worked as an art critic at ''[[The Bulletin (Australian periodical)|The Bulletin]]'', Sydney between 1972 and 1973,<ref name="Max Germaine" /> and the ''[[Sydney Morning Herald]]'' from 1973.<ref name="smh" />


== Notes and references ==
== Notes and references ==


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<ref name="Max Germaine">{{cite book | title=Artists and Galleries of Australia and New Zealand | publisher=Landsdowne Editions | author=[[Max Germaine]] | year=1979 | pages=407 | isbn=0-86832-019-6}}</ref>
<ref name="Max Germaine">{{cite book | title=Artists and Galleries of Australia and New Zealand | publisher=Landsdowne Editions | author=Max Germaine | author-link=Max Germaine | year=1979 | pages=407 | isbn=0-86832-019-6}}</ref>
<ref name="smh">[http://www.smh.com.au/news/obituaries/a-palette-of-art-and-politics/2006/09/14/1157827087245.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1 "A palette of art and politics"], ''[[Sydney Morning Herald]]'', 15 September 2006.</ref>
<ref name="smh">[http://www.smh.com.au/news/obituaries/a-palette-of-art-and-politics/2006/09/14/1157827087245.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1 "A palette of art and politics"], ''[[Sydney Morning Herald]]'', 15 September 2006.</ref>
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* [http://newsstore.smh.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?multiview=true&sy=smh&page=1&kw=tony+stephens&pb=all_ffx&dt=enterRange&dr=1month&so=relevance&sf=author&rc=10&rm=200&sp=adv&clsPage=1&hids=&sids=SMH040417G9UDQ4GFS77 Article: "Too much learning is not enough for artist". "Sydney Morning Herald"], Weekend Edition, 17–18 April 2004
* [http://newsstore.smh.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?multiview=true&sy=smh&page=1&kw=tony+stephens&pb=all_ffx&dt=enterRange&dr=1month&so=relevance&sf=author&rc=10&rm=200&sp=adv&clsPage=1&hids=&sids=SMH040417G9UDQ4GFS77 Article: "Too much learning is not enough for artist". "Sydney Morning Herald"], Weekend Edition, 17–18 April 2004
* [http://www.fairfaxphotos.com/consumer/search.php Photo with article: Nancy Borlase]
* [http://www.fairfaxphotos.com/consumer/search.php Photo with article: Nancy Borlase]
* [https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-2822232837/listen Nancy Borlase interviewed by Hazel de Berg] – sound recording


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Nancy Borlase
AM
Born
Nancy Wilmot Borlase

(1914-03-24)24 March 1914
Taihape, New Zealand
Died11 September 2006(2006-09-11) (aged 92)
Sydney, Australia
EducationEast Sydney Technical College
Known forPainter, art critic
MovementAbstract impressionism
Spouse
Laurie Short
​
(m. 1941)​

Nancy Wilmot Borlase AM (24 March 1914 – 11 September 2006) was a New Zealand-born Australian artist, known for her landscape-based abstract paintings and portraits, and as an art critic and commentator. Her work is displayed in the National Gallery of Australia and other major galleries.

Biography

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Born in Taihape, New Zealand, in 1914, Borlase was 16, when she decided that art was her calling and shifted to Christchurch, where she studied at Canterbury College School of Art under Francis Shurrock.[1]

Borlase moved to Australia in 1937, at age 22, where she studied life drawing and sculpture at East Sydney Technical College under Frank Medworth and Lynden Dadswell (1937–1940)and also life drawing under Rah Fizelle and Grace Crowley[1] before switching to painting.[2] In 1939, she joined the Contemporary Art Society, NSW branch and was an active committee member of the Society between 1952 and 1970.[1]

She lived for a while next to Sidney Nolan in Melbourne, was befriended by his benefactor John Reed, and worked as an artist's model. She married trade union figure Laurie Short in 1941.[2]

Borlase started as a figurative painter before moving to abstract impressionism. Her work was influenced by a study tour to New York in 1956, where she encountered Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning and Mark Rothko.[2] Other study tours included tours to the USA 1960; Europe 1956, 1969, 1972, 1973; China 1976 (as one of three art writers).[1]

She worked as an art critic at The Bulletin, Sydney between 1972 and 1973,[1] and the Sydney Morning Herald from 1973.[2]

Notes and references

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  1. ^ a b c d e Max Germaine (1979). Artists and Galleries of Australia and New Zealand. Landsdowne Editions. p. 407. ISBN 0-86832-019-6.
  2. ^ a b c d "A palette of art and politics", Sydney Morning Herald, 15 September 2006.
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