11 Facts About Sybil Craig

Sybil Craig was appointed by the Australian War Memorial to accept the appointment as an official war artist.

Sybil Craig was the first woman to paint women working in the munitions' factories.

Sybil Craig was the only child of affluent parents Matthew Frances Craig and Winifred Frances, nee Major.

Sybil Craig recalled a childhood spent in a 'suburban bohemian household' that was frequented by artists and musicians.

From 1924 though 1931 Sybil Craig studied at the National Gallery of Victoria Art School where she was taught by Bernard Hall, William McInnes and Charles Wheeler.

Sybil Craig studied at the Working Men's College, Melbourne in 1935.

Sybil Craig had a studio on Collins Street from 1936 to 1951 and had the financial means that left her free to pursue painting.

In March 1945 Sybil Craig became an official war artist, commissioned by the Australian War Memorial Board to record the contribution of women to the war effort.

Sybil Craig recorded women working at the Commonwealth Explosives Factory at Maribyrnong, a suburb of Melbourne.

Sybil Craig was a member of several artistic organizations including the New Melbourne Art Club, the Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors, the Victorian Artists Society, and the Twenty Melbourne Painters.

Sybil Craig was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in the 1981 Queen's Birthday Honours.