Alice Hambidge Explained

Alice Marian Hambidge (2 October 1869 – 20 January 1947) was an Australian artist.[1]

Born in Kensington, South Australia on 2 October 1869, Hambidge received art training at the School of Design in Adelaide in 1893.[2]

Her work is included in the collections of the Art Gallery of South Australia, the Art Gallery of New South Wales[3] and the National Library of Australia.[4]

Hambidge Crescent in the Canberra suburb of Chisholm is named in honour of her and her sisters Helen and Millicent.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Alice Hambidge. AGSA – Online Collection. en. 2020-01-09. Maps. Open in.
  2. Web site: Alice Hambidge. Design & Art Australia Online. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20160312121316/https://www.daao.org.au/bio/alice-hambidge/ . 12 March 2016 . 9 January 2020.
  3. Web site: Works by Alice Hambidge :: The Collection :: Art Gallery NSW. www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au. 2020-01-09.
  4. Web site: Statue of Venus, North Terrace, Adelaide, probably 1909. nla.gov.au. en. 2020-01-09.
  5. Web site: Schedule 'B' National Memorials Ordinance 1928–1972 Street Nomenclature List of Additional Names with Reference to Origin: Commonwealth of Australia Gazette. Special (National: 1977–2012) – 8 Feb 1978. Trove. 12. en. 2020-04-02.