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Marjorie Woolcock (1898 - 1965) was an Australian painter and sculptor.
Biography
Born in Ivanhoe as one of three sisters, Marjorie grew up learning the piano and experimenting with art.[1] She was schooled at Presbyterian Ladies College.[1] She would later perform at a party for the school with her sister Violet, who would accompany her piano with violin.[2]
Woolcock would travel south from her home to sketch in Mordialloc, which is how she once had a chance encounter with the artist Margaret Baskerville.[1] The plen air tradition of painting would inspire her later landscape work of Corryong, Victoria.[3]
Her art training was far from formal, with private lessons from Frederick George Reynolds, and George Bell.[1] She would continue to acknowledge the influence Bell had on her skill throughout her career.[1] He opened her joint exhibition with artist Jessie Mackintosh in 1946[4], and
She would first develop her formal technique at sculpting, attending life class at the Victorian Artists' Society, and sculpture at the Workingmen's College.[1] It wasn't until later that she would study painting, with her style being heavily influenced by Arnold Shore.[1]
Marjorie would exhibit her art frequently with the Melbourne Society of Women Painters. In 1953 she would take part in a spring exhibition at the Victorian Artists' Society which featured women as more than half the exhibitors shown.[5] She was joined at this show by fellow artists Esther Paterson and Ola Cohn.[5] Woolcock would have success as a temporary art teacher at a girls' school in Brighton during the Second World War.[1]
In later life she would travel to coastal areas of Victoria to paint, with her favourite places being Wilson's Promontory and Phillip Island.[1]
Exhibitions
- Melbourne Society of Women Painters, 1937[6]
- Melbourne Society of Women Painters, Athenaeum Gallery, 1941[7]
- Victorian Artists' Society, Eastern Hill, 1944[8]
- Melbourne Society of Women Painters, Athenaeum Gallery, 1945[9]
- Marjorie Woolcock and Jessie Mackintosh, Athenaeum Gallery, 1946[10]
- Ballet Society exhibition, 1948[11]
- Melbourne Contemporary Artists, Eastern Hill, 1949[12]
- Melbourne Society of Women Painters, Athenaeum Gallery, 1950[13]
- Melbourne Society of Women Painters, Athenaeum Gallery, 1951[14]
- Victorian Artists' Society, 1954[15]
Works
Yachts at Dromana (1970), National Gallery of Victoria
Further reading
Marjorie Woolcock [Australian art and artists file], State Library Victoria
Form and flowers : Maidie McGowan, Anne Montgomery, Marjorie Woolcock, State Library Victoria
Marjorie Woolcock interviewed by Barbara Blackman [sound recording], National Library of Australia
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Form and flowers : Maidie McGowan, Anne Montgomery, Marjorie Woolcock. Wheelers Hill, Victoria: City of Waverley. 1989.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ "OLD COLLEGIANS". Sun News-Pictorial. 1929-03-20. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
- ^ "SPRING SHOW OPENED". Sun News-Pictorial. 1939-10-04. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
- ^ "GUIDES' TEA, SOCIAL JOTTINGS". Sun News-Pictorial. 1946-05-09. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
- ^ a b "Artists' Springshow". Sun News-Pictorial. 1953-09-29. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
- ^ "SHOW BY WOMEN PAINTERS". Sun News-Pictorial. 1937-10-05. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
- ^ "ART AND WAR". Argus. 1941-10-22. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
- ^ "VICTORIAN ARTISTS EXHIBITION". Sun News-Pictorial. 1944-04-24. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
- ^ "WOMEN PAINTERS' EXHIBITION". Sun News-Pictorial. 1945-10-09. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
- ^ "TWO WOMEN SHOW AT ATHENAEUM". Corryong Courier and Walwa District News. 1946-05-23. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
- ^ "BALLET SKETCHES". Sun News-Pictorial. 1948-02-25. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
- ^ "ART REVIEWS Adventure And Vitality In Contemporary Show". Sun News-Pictorial. 1949-10-18. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
- ^ "Samba will brighten Derby Eve Ball". Argus. 1950-10-18. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
- ^ "ART Two poles apart". Sun News-Pictorial. 1951-10-16. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
- ^ "Two art peaks in big spring show". Sun News-Pictorial. 1954-09-21. Retrieved 2024-04-19.