Olive Ashworth Explained

Olive Ashworth
Birth Date:1915
Birth Place:Brisbane
Death Date:2000
Nationality:Australian
Field:Commercial and Mural art, textile design, Photography

Olive Ashworth (1915 – 2000) was an Australian artist, textile designer and photographer.[1]

She is acknowledged as a significant contributor to Australian textile design during the 1950s.

Collections

Ashworth's works are held in the collections of the National Gallery of Australia (including Aquarelle,[2] Mushroom coral,[3] and Reef fantasy[4]), and the Queensland Art Gallery (includes Design for Coral garden,[5] Design for Reef fantasy,[6] Design for Queensland,[7] and Great Barrier Reef neck tie[8]).

The State Library of Queensland also has a pair of toy ducks designed and made by Ashworth.[9]

The Olive Ashworth Textile Collection is held by the Queensland Museum.[10]

Exhibitions

Group

Significance

On Ashworth, the Queensland Art Gallery wrote: "Olive Ashworth is one of the few Australians, and the only Queensland-based artist, to contribute significantly to textile design in the 1950s".[14]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Olive Ashworth Archive . nqheritage.jcu.edu.au . 26 February 2014 . James Cook University . 25 November 2020.
  2. Web site: Olive Ashworth: Aquarelle c 1954 . artsearch.nga.gov.au . National Gallery of Australia . 25 November 2020.
  3. Web site: Olive Ashworth: Mushroom coral 1971 . artsearch.nga.gov.au . National Gallery of Australia . 25 November 2020.
  4. Web site: Olive Ashworth: Reef fantasy 1971 . artsearch.nga.gov.au . National Gallery of Australia . 25 November 2020.
  5. Web site: Design: Coral garden c.1956 . qagoma.qld.gov.au . Queensland Art Gallery . 25 November 2020.
  6. Web site: Design: Reef fantasy 1971 . qagoma.qld.gov.au . Queensland Art Gallery . 25 November 2020.
  7. Web site: Design: Queensland 1980. qagoma.qld.gov.au . Queensland Art Gallery . 25 November 2020.
  8. Web site: Great Barrier Reef neck tie c.1980s . qagoma.qld.gov.au . Queensland Art Gallery . 25 November 2020.
  9. Web site: Two soft toys created by Olive Ashworth ca. 1942 . flickr.com . January 1942 . State Library of Queensland . 25 November 2020.
  10. Web site: Cultures and Histories Collections: Social History . qm.qld.gov.au . Queensland Museum . 25 November 2020.
  11. Web site: Women Artists of North Queensland . daao.library.unsw.edu.au . Design & Art Online . 25 November 2020.
  12. Web site: Women Hold Up Half The Sky . daao.library.unsw.edu.au . Design & Art Online . 25 November 2020.
  13. New Woman Exhibition at Museum of Brisbane . The Weekend Edition Brisbane . The Weekend Edition . 25 November 2020.
  14. Web site: Olive Ashworth: Textile length: Reef rhythm 1971 . qagoma.qld.gov.au . Queensland Art Gallery . 25 November 2020.

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