Yeo, Aurelie Jean (nee Shearer) Aurelie Jean Yeo (nee Shearer) was born in Nedlands, Perth in 1934 to an artist mother Muriel Shearer (nee Aitken) and a physicist father. In a 50-year career she has produced more than 1500 works and has held more than 20 solo exhibitions. She initially studied physiotherapy and practiced for …
Maud Raphael Jones Stag on The Moor – 1886 – purchased 1986 Bradford Yorkshire, UK. Engagement present to TACM 1986 1863 – 1935 British 19th Century artist Maud Raphael Jones was a Bradford-born painter of landscape and rustic scenes. Although his first name appears feminine, his birth details give his sex as male. In 2008, Maud’s …
Bayliss, Joan Janet (nee Twycross) 1925 – 2003 Dr Joan Janet Bayliss (nee Twycross) is an Australian artist, author, teacher and Clinical psychologist who was born in Rabaul, New Britain in March 1925 to a wireless officer father (James Twycross) and homemaker mother (Annie) who were both from Western Australia and had married on the …
“We will remember them” Poppies are an everlasting symbol of hope, peace and sacrifice. One of the few flowers able to grow after the devastation of war, red poppies are a ritualised remembrance of the blood spilt on the battlefield. Artwork from The Fairview Art Collection. Joy Tomcala, Poppies, 1994, watercolour on paper, 30 x …
Celebrating International Women’s Day with a special podcast with a remarkable woman talking about one of her relatives, the talented South Australian and West Australian artist Marie Tuck (1866-1947). A work done by Marie Tuck in 1913 whilst in Paris is a stunning still life of summer fruits and is held in The Fairview Art …