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“Javanese in blue” by Mary Edwell-Burke (Australian) - Oil on canvas on hardboard / 1936 - Art Gallery of New South Wales (Sydney) #womeninart #art #oilpainting #MaryEdwell-Burke #AustralianArtist #womanartist #femaleartist #Edwell-Burke #ArtGalleryofNewSouthWales #ArtGalleryofNSW #womensart #beauty
Australian artist Mary Edwell-Burke depicts a woman from Java seated in a three-quarter pose, facing slightly to the right of the viewer. Her gaze is directed off to the side, giving the impression she is in thought or looking at something beyond the frame. An indistinct background of earth tones suggests an outdoor setting, with hints of foliage, but the focus is clearly on the subject. The woman is wearing a sheer violet-blue top with a floral pink cold shoulder undergarment. Her clothes and background hues draw our eyes in to her warm brown skin tone with subtle variations in color to capture light and shadow. The woman's hair is dark and pulled back into a simple updo, giving her a neat and composed appearance. Her lips are slightly pursed, and her brow is slightly furrowed, suggesting a thoughtful mood. Her features are delicate, with high cheekbones and well-defined jawline. The eyes are expressive and actually the focal point of the painting. Edwell-Burke was born June 29, 1894 in Sydney. To avoid scandal because of her mother Rose Burke’s liaison with the married Henry Edwell, mother and daughter assumed the surname Edwards. She studied at the East Sydney Technical College and by the 1920s exhibited with the Royal Art Society (as Mary Edwards). She was a finalist for the Archibald Prize in 1921 and 1922. From 1935-1945, she exhibited with the Australian Watercolour Institute (as Mary Edwards). In 1945, her portrait of Dame Enid Lyons, was rejected as “unsatisfactory” by the Federal Government’s Historic Memorials Committee. She subsequently moved to Fiji and changed her name from Mary Edwards to Mary Edwell-Burke. Always a flamboyant character, Mary maintained a dramatic and eccentric presence late in life, invariably dressing in 'black cloaks and large hats’, described by friends as “an apparition from the Bible.” Apart from one brief sojourn in Sydney, she stayed in Fiji where she passed away January 19, 1988, aged ninety-three.
April 12, 2025 at 4:38 AM
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Ferns Cathedral St. Patrick, s/d Tal día como hoy 19 de junio nació la artista irlandesa de vidrieras Catherine Amelia "Kitty" O'Brien (1881 – 1963) Autorretrato, 1932 Tal día como hoy 19 de junio nació la pintora australiana Mary Edwell-Burke (1894–1988) Recogiendo cerezas, 1976 Tal día como hoy 19 de junio nació la artista lituana Petronėlė Gerlikienė ( 1905 -1979)
June 19, 2026 at 10:00 AM