Norma Catherine Bull was an Australian painter, printmaker and etcher, best known for the paintings and sketches she made in Britain during World War II.
11 Facts About Norma Bull
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Norma Bull moved to England to widen her artistic experience, arriving in London in April 1939.
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Norma Bull worked as a volunteer at a First Aid Clearing Station near Oxford, where she received training in first aid and fire fighting.
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Norma Bull went on to train other volunteers at a first aid post in Somerset, and helped with evacuees and did fire-watching shifts in Bath.
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Early in 1941, supported by a recommendation from John Masefield, Norma Bull contacted the War Artists' Advisory Committee, offering her services as an artist.
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When some of the sketches were published in Australian newspapers, the BBC asked Norma Bull to make a number of radio broadcasts to Australia.
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Three of Norma Bull's painting, including one of the bomb damage to the Temple Church in London, were purchased by the WAAC for between eight and ten guineas each.
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Norma Bull spent twelve months travelling around the country with Wirth's Circus, painting scenes of circus life.
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Norma Bull then returned to Melbourne to live in her childhood home, Medlow, in Surrey Hills.
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Norma Bull painted landscapes and seascapes, often at her holiday homes in Anglesea and Bright.
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Norma Bull was a nature lover and promoted forest conservation.