Person
Glover-Fleay, Maude Edith Victoria (1869 - 1965)
- Born
- 1869
Sulky Gully, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 18 May 1965
Colac, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Natural history artist
Summary
Maude Glover-Fleay was one of Australia's first wildlife artists. She studied for a around two years under Fredrick McCubbin at the Drawing School, National Gallery of Victoria. The Victorian College of the Arts established a Maude Glover Fleay Award to honour her contribution to Australia's natural history. A Maude Glover Fleay Fund was also established to help with the purchase of work by Australian artists, especially females. The Ballarat Fine Art Gallery was a major recipient of the fund.
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Published resources
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions
- McCarthy, Gavan; Morgan, Helen; Smith, Ailie; van den Bosch, Alan, Where are the Women in Australian Science?, Exhibition of the Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, First published 2003 with lists updated regularly edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, 2003, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/wisa/wisa.html. Details
Books
- Fleay-Thomson, Rosemary; Fleay-Beasy, Mary, The Girl from Sulky Gully (1999). Details
Edited Books
- McKay, Judith ed., Brilliant Careers: Women Collectors and Illustrators in Queensland (Brisbane: Queensland Museum, 1997), 80 pp. Details
Resources
- 'Glover-Fleay, Maude Edith Victoria (1869-1965)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1477098. Details
Annette Alafaci
Created: 25 September 2006, Last modified: 7 February 2011