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Rosa Fiveash : SUMMARY RECORD [PRG 403/4/3/25] • Artwork

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Summary

Paintings of Australian flowers by Rosa Fiveash [See special list for series 1 for Australian wildflower watercolours].

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Physical description

40 cm

Dates / Publication details

1937

Creator

Fiveash, Rosa

Subject

Fiveash, Rosa, 1854-1938
Women artists -- South Australia
Flower painting and illustration -- Australia

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Historical information

Rosa Catherine Fiveash was born in Adelaide in 1854. Studied at the Adelaide Art School of Design under Louis Tannert and H.P. Gill. Specialised in painting Australian flora, illustrating 'Forest Flora of South Australia' (1882-1890) by John Ednie Brown (1848-1899) and 'South Australian Orchids' (1922) by Dr Richard Sanders Rogers. Also illustrated various ethnological and zoological works for Sir Edward Charles Stirling (1848-1919) and the South Australian Museum. Introduced china painting into Adelaide, attending to the entire process from start to firing. Lived at 'Gable House' in North Adelaide from the age of five until her death in 1938.

Australian Dictionary of Biography entry:

https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/fiveash-rosa-catherine-6184

Digitisation information

Date

21/05/2024

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

5,712 x 8,201 pixels (46.8 MP)

Size

140.56 MB

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