1. Dora Lynnell Wilson was a British-born Australian artist, best known in her adopted country of Australia for her etchings and street scenes.
11 Facts About Dora Wilson
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Dora Lynnell Wilson was born on 31 August 1883 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
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Dora Wilson's parents were James Wilson, agent, and Annie Maria, nee Green.
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The family emigrated to the state of Victoria in Australia in 1884, when Dora was a year old.
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Dora Wilson was educated at Somerset School and Methodist Ladies' College in Melbourne.
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Dora Wilson took lessons from John Mather with Jessie Traill and Janie Wilkinson Whyte.
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Dora Wilson was best known for her etchings, pastels and oils of still lifes and nudes.
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Dora Wilson's work was praised for her 'strong sense of colour' but critiqued for demonstrating a 'chocolate box prettiness'.
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Dora Wilson's work was included in a number of notable exhibitions, including the five week Australian Exhibition of Women's Work in Melbourne, a Royal Academy exhibition of Australian art in London.
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Dora Wilson was a member of the Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors.
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Dora Wilson died of cancer on 21 November 1946 and was cremated at Springvale Cemetery, Melbourne.