15 Facts About Anne Dangar

Anne Dangar was an Australian painter and potter.

From 1906 Anne Dangar studied art in Sydney with Horace Moore-Jones and then at the Julian Ashton Art School in Sydney.

In 1926, Anne Dangar travelled to France with her lifelong friend and correspondent Grace Crowley and attended Andre Lhote's Academy in Paris and his summer school at Mirmande.

Anne Dangar returned to Sydney in 1929, but found resistance in Sydney to the cubist-influenced style she had developed in France.

Anne Dangar travelled back to France in 1930 and joined Moly-Sabata, an artists' commune established by Albert Gleizes.

Anne Dangar pursued an apprenticeship with local potters in the nearby towns of Saint-Desirat and Annonay.

Anne Dangar held an exhibition in 1932 at the Musee d'Annonay, in Annonay.

Anne Dangar contributed to the development and understanding of modernism, particularly cubism, in Australia through her 21 year correspondence with Grace Crowley and other Australian artists.

Anne Dangar travelled to Morocco in 1939 and spent six months in Fez working with and for, and learning from, local potters.

Anne Dangar lived in Sablons throughout the war and decided to remain there after the war.

Anne Dangar died of complications from a stroke at Moly-Sabata on 4 September 1951.

Anne Dangar was buried at Serrieres, Ardeche, across the river from Moly-Sabata.

Anne Dangar was commissioned in 1934 to create La Vierge et l'enfant Jesu [Virgin and infant Jesus] first acquired by Cesar Geoffray and more recently by the Queensland Gallery of Modern Art The work has been identified as a good example of rustic cubism.

Anne Dangar's work is represented in the collections of the National Gallery of Victoria, Powerhouse Museum, Queensland Gallery of Modern Art as well as in many state and regional galleries, and in major French collections such as the Musee National d'Art Moderne, Paris.

Anne Dangar's work has been exhibited in several group shows including:.