Bernice E. Edwell

Bernice E. Edwell (1880-1962), was an Australian painter specializing in miniatures. She was a founding member of the New South Wales Society of Women Painters[1] and the Twenty Melbourne Painters.[2]

Bernice E. Edwell
Born(1880-05-11)11 May 1880
Newbury, Berkshire, United Kingdom
Died1962 (aged 81–82)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
NationalityEnglish-Australian
Known forPainting

Biography

Edwell was born on 11 May 1880 in Newbury, England.[1][3] She was the half-sister of Mary Edwell-Burke.[4]

She studied at the Royal Art Society, where she was taught by Frank P. Mahony. She also travel to Paris where she studied for about 16 months around the turn of the century.[1]

Edwell established herself in Sydney, then Melbourne as a miniaturist. She won first prize for her miniatures at the Women's Work Exhibition at Melbourne in 1907. In 1910 Edwell was involved in the creation of the New South Wales Society of Women Painters. The same year they held their first exhibition displaying the work of 57 women. From 1908-1912 Edwell exhibited at The Society of Arts and Crafts of NSW.[1] In 1919 Edwell was a founding member of the Twenty Melbourne Painters Society.[2]

Along with several solo shows in Melbourne from 1915 through 1934, Edwell was included in a 1923 group show with A.M.E. Bale and Jo Sweatman at the Melbourne Athenaeum.[1]

Edwell died in 1962 in Sydney.[3]

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References
  1. Kerr, Joan. "Bernice E. Edwell b. 11 May 1880". Design & Art Australia Online (DAAO). Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  2. "Members". Twenty Melbourne Painters Society Inc. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  3. "Bernice Edwell". Australian Prints + Printmaking. National Gallery of Australia. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  4. Candice, Bruce. "Mary Edwards b. 1894". Design & Art Australia Online (DAAO). Retrieved 3 April 2018.
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