Mary Edwell-Burke
- Born
- 1894 · Sydney.
- Died
- 1988 · Fiji.
- Nationality
- Australia
- Occupation
- painter
- Fields
- painting
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• Name — Mary Edwell-Burke • Birth Name — Mary Edwards • Born — 1894 6 19 • Birthplace — Sydney, New South Wales, Australia • Died — 1988 1 19 • Place of death — Fiji • Field — Painting, Sculpture Mary Edwell-Burke (1894–1988), was an Australian painter and carver.
Biography
Edwell-Burke was born in Sydney on 19 June 1894. She was the half-sister of Bernice E. Edwell. She studied at the East Sydney Technical College. In the 1920s, she exhibited with the Royal Art Society as Mary Edwards, and was a finalist for the Archibald Prize in 1921 and 1922. From 1935-1945, she exhibited with the Australian Watercolour Institute as Mary Edwards. In 1944, Edwell-Burke, along with Joseph Wolinski, brought an unsuccessful legal action to overturn William Dobell's 1943 Archibald prize for his portrait, Mr Joshua Smith, claiming the image was more a caricature than a portrait. In 1945, her portrait of Dame Enid Lyons, was rejected as "unsatisfactory" by the Federal Government’s Historic Memorials Committee. Edwell-Burke subsequently moved to Fiji and changed her name from Mary Edwards to Mary Edwell-Burke. Edwell-Burke died in Fiji on 19 January 1988.
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- 1.Candice, Bruce. Mary Edwards b. 1894. Design & Art Australia Online (DAAO).
- 2.Kerr, Joan. Bernice E. Edwell b. 11 May 1880. Design & Art Australia Online (DAAO).
- 3.Art Gallery of New South Wales. 1921. Archibald Prize.
- 4.Art Gallery of New South Wales. 1922. Archibald Prize.
- 5.Eagle, Mary. Dobell, Sir William (1899–1970).
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