Clara Southern
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Clara Southern (October 3, 1861 - December 15, 1940) was an Australian artist.
Southern was born at Kyneton, Victoria, in 1861. She studied at the national gallery school at Melbourne under George Folingsby and spent much of her life at Warrandyte, a township on the Yarra about 30 kilometers from Melbourne. When in Melbourne she shared a studio in Grosvenor chambers, 9 Collins Street, with Jane Sutherland from 1888. Although her work was admired by the artists of her time, they were not very well known. Southern married John Flinn but usually exhibited under her original name.
"An Old Bee Farm", held by the National Gallery of Victoria is one of her better known works.
[edit] References
- Serle, Percival (1949). "Southern, Clara". Dictionary of Australian Biography. Sydney: Angus and Robertson.
