Mabel Pye
Mabel Pye (9 April 1894 — 4 March 1982) was an Australian artist noted for painting and printmaking.
Mabel Pye | |
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| Born | 9 April 1894 |
| Died | 4 March 1982 (aged 87) Canterbury, Victoria |
| Education | National Gallery School |
| Known for | Painting, Printmaking |
Early life and training
[edit | edit source]Pye was born in Box Hill in 1894 to Alice Eleanor Noar and her husband William Edward Pye who married in 1893.[1] She had a younger sister Hazel, also an artist, and their father built them a studio at the back of their Loch Street home in Surrey Hills, Victoria.[2] Her family was associated with amateur theatre group 'The Benwerrin Players'.[2] Mabel had to be rescued when swimming at Moon Bay near Black Rock when she was 19, which she visited with her family.[3] She studied at the National Gallery School with Adelaide Perry and Napier Wallace under Bernard Hall.[4] She studied drawing from 1912-1915, and painting 1915-1919.[5]
Career
[edit | edit source]Working in watercolours and linocuts,[6] Pye painted landscapes, still-lifes, and portraits with bold colours and lines.[7] She was a member of the Victorian Artists Society from 1918-1941, and the Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors, with whom she served on the committee with Esther Paterson, Ola Cohn, Jessie Mackintosh, Sybil Craig, Lina Bryans, and Violet McInnes.[8] As well as exhibiting with both societies she also protested to the Lord Mayor about destruction of trees on Alexandra Avenue.[9]
She was particularly noted for her ballet scenes.[10][11] As part of their training Russian student dancers were made to visit art shows,[12] and Pye painted impressions from memory of the Ballet Rambert, and was also a member of the Australian Ballet Society.[13] She was also known for landscapes,[14] painting atmospheric works of the Blue Dandenongs.[15]
She has works in the collections of State Library Victoria, the Art Gallery of New South Wales, and the National Gallery of Victoria.
Death
[edit | edit source]In later life she lived in Montrose and Olinda, and died in 1982 in Mont Calm, Canterbury.[1]
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Mabel Pye: Australian art and artists file, State Library Victoria
- Chooks in the market, State Library Victoria
- Works in Art Gallery of New South Wales
- Works in National Gallery of Victoria
- images of Pye's art on Invaluable
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