Marjorie Woolcock
Marjorie Woolcock (1898–1965) was an Australian painter and sculptor.
Biography[edit]
Born in Ivanhoe to Robena Black and Frederick Woolcock,[1] as one of three sisters, Marjorie grew up learning the piano and experimenting with art.[2] She was schooled at Presbyterian Ladies College.[2] She would later perform at a party for the school with her sister Violet, who would accompany her piano with violin.[3]
Woolcock would travel south from her home to sketch in Mordialloc, which is how she once had a chance encounter with the artist Margaret Baskerville.[2] The plen air tradition of painting would inspire her later landscape work of Corryong, Victoria.[4]
Work[edit]
Her art training was far from formal, with private lessons from Frederick George Reynolds, and George Bell.[2] She would continue to acknowledge the influence Bell had on her skill throughout her career.[2] He opened her joint exhibition with artist Jessie Mackintosh in 1946.[5]
She would first develop her formal technique at sculpting, attending life class at the Victorian Artists' Society, and sculpture at the Workingmen's College (later know as the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology).[2] While at the Workingmen's College she would take a class in Modelling the Human Figure From a Cast.[6] It wasn't until later that she would study painting, with her style being heavily influenced by Arnold Shore.[2]
Marjorie would exhibit her art frequently with the Melbourne Society of Women Painters. In 1953 she would take part in a spring exhibition at the Victorian Artists' Society which featured women as more than half the exhibitors shown.[7] She was joined at this show by fellow artists Esther Paterson and Ola Cohn.[7] Woolcock would have success as a temporary art teacher at a girls' school in Brighton during the Second World War.[2]
In later life she would travel to coastal areas of Victoria to paint, with her favourite places being Wilson's Promontory and Phillip Island.[2]
Exhibitions[edit]
- Melbourne Society of Women Painters, 1937[8]
- Melbourne Society of Women Painters, Athenaeum Gallery, 1941[9]
- Victorian Artists' Society, Eastern Hill, 1944[10]
- Melbourne Society of Women Painters, Athenaeum Gallery, 1945[11]
- Marjorie Woolcock and Jessie Mackintosh, Athenaeum Gallery, 1946[12]
- Ballet Society exhibition, 1948[13]
- Melbourne Contemporary Artists, Eastern Hill, 1949[14]
- Melbourne Society of Women Painters, Athenaeum Gallery, 1950[15]
- Melbourne Society of Women Painters, Athenaeum Gallery, 1951[16]
- Victorian Artists' Society, 1954[17]
Works[edit]
Yachts at Dromana (1970), National Gallery of Victoria
Further reading[edit]
Marjorie Woolcock [Australian art and artists file], State Library Victoria
Form and flowers : Maidie McGowan, Anne Montgomery, Marjorie Woolcock, State Library Victoria
Marjorie Woolcock interviewed by Barbara Blackman [sound recording], National Library of Australia
References[edit]
- ^ "Family Notices". Age. 1894-07-07. Retrieved 2024-04-23.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Form and flowers : Maidie McGowan, Anne Montgomery, Marjorie Woolcock. Wheelers Hill, Victoria: City of Waverley. 1989.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ "OLD COLLEGIANS". Sun News-Pictorial. 1929-03-20. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
- ^ "SPRING SHOW OPENED". Sun News-Pictorial. 1939-10-04. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
- ^ "GUIDES' TEA, SOCIAL JOTTINGS". Sun News-Pictorial. 1946-05-09. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
- ^ "TECHNICAL SCHOOLS". Age. 1932-02-03. Retrieved 2024-04-23.
- ^ a b "Artists' Springshow". Sun News-Pictorial. 1953-09-29. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
- ^ "SHOW BY WOMEN PAINTERS". Sun News-Pictorial. 1937-10-05. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
- ^ "ART AND WAR". Argus. 1941-10-22. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
- ^ "VICTORIAN ARTISTS EXHIBITION". Sun News-Pictorial. 1944-04-24. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
- ^ "WOMEN PAINTERS' EXHIBITION". Sun News-Pictorial. 1945-10-09. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
- ^ "TWO WOMEN SHOW AT ATHENAEUM". Corryong Courier and Walwa District News. 1946-05-23. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
- ^ "BALLET SKETCHES". Sun News-Pictorial. 1948-02-25. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
- ^ "ART REVIEWS Adventure And Vitality In Contemporary Show". Sun News-Pictorial. 1949-10-18. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
- ^ "Samba will brighten Derby Eve Ball". Argus. 1950-10-18. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
- ^ "ART Two poles apart". Sun News-Pictorial. 1951-10-16. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
- ^ "Two art peaks in big spring show". Sun News-Pictorial. 1954-09-21. Retrieved 2024-04-19.