| Grace Crowley | |
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| Born | Grace Adela Williams Crowley 28 May 1890 Cobbadah, New South Wales |
| Died | 21 April 1979 Manly, New South Wales |
| Occupation | Artist |
Grace Crowley (pr: as in "slowly"[1]) (1890-1979) was an Australian artist and modernist painter.[2]
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She was born Grace Adela Williams Crowley in 1890 on May 28, at Forrest Lodge, Cobbadah, in North-Western New South Wales.[3] She was the fourth child of Henry, a grazier, and Elizabeth (nee Bridger).[4] At about the age of 13 Crowley's parents sent one of her pen and ink drawings to New Idea magazine and she won a prize,[3] but her career as an artist was not wholeheartedly supported, sometimes even actively opposed, by her family.[5]
Crowley studied in Paris in 1927 with the Cubist André Lhote,[6] and took part in Exhibition I in 1939, the self-proclaimed first show of abstract art in Australia. Others in her circle included Ralph Balsom, Dorrit Black, Rah Fizelle, Frank Hinder and her best friend, ceramicist Anne Dangar.
There was an exhibition of her work at the National Gallery of Australia in December 2006 to May 2007 called Grace Crowley - Being modern.[6]
Crowley died at her home in Manly, New South Wales on April 21 in 1979 aged 89. She left a body of work comprising 25 paintings and 12 drawings.[7]