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| {{Short description|Australian painter (1904–1954)}} | {{Short description|Australian painter (1904–1954)}} | ||
| '''Nancy May Kilgour''' (1904 – 5 March 1954) was an Australian painter. | '''Nancy May Kilgour''' (1904 – 5 March 1954) was an Australian painter. As '''Julia Barrett''' she wrote short stories. | ||
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| Nancy May Davidson was born in Melbourne, Victoria in 1904, daughter of Ethel Jessie (née Lavery) and Norman McLeod Davidson.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Davidson, Nancy May Birth #13536 of 1904 |url=https://my.rio.bdm.vic.gov.au/efamily-history/66f3482f26905d0dd46c670b/record/5c65400a4aba80ac3178c0b4?q=efamily&givenName=Nancy%2520May&familyName=DAVIDSON |access-date=2025-01-04 |website=Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria}}</ref> The family to Sydney before the birth of her brother, cricketer ], in 1907.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hugh Davidson Profile – Cricket Player Australia |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/hugh-davidson-4903 |access-date=2025-01-04 |website=ESPNcricinfo |language=en}}</ref> | Nancy May Davidson was born in Melbourne, Victoria in 1904, daughter of Ethel Jessie (née Lavery) and Norman McLeod Davidson.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Davidson, Nancy May Birth #13536 of 1904 |url=https://my.rio.bdm.vic.gov.au/efamily-history/66f3482f26905d0dd46c670b/record/5c65400a4aba80ac3178c0b4?q=efamily&givenName=Nancy%2520May&familyName=DAVIDSON |access-date=2025-01-04 |website=Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria}}</ref> The family moved to Sydney before the birth of her brother, cricketer ], in 1907.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hugh Davidson Profile – Cricket Player Australia |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/hugh-davidson-4903 |access-date=2025-01-04 |website=ESPNcricinfo |language=en}}</ref> | ||
| Kilgour studied art at the ] run by ]. She married fellow student, Jack Noel Kilgour, in March 1931. The couple sailed to London that year aiming to continue their studies in Europe,<ref>{{cite news |date=3 May 1931 |title=Susan Says... |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article224710453 |accessdate=4 January 2025 |newspaper=The Sun |location=New South Wales, Australia |page=28 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=1466}}</ref> while supporting themselves by working in advertising and illustrating.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Ashton |first=Juilian |date=23 May 1940 |title=A Gifted Australian Returns |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-352928602/view?partId=nla.obj-352949915 |journal=Art in Australia |language=en |volume=3 |issue=79 |access-date=2025-01-04 |via=Trove}}</ref> Her husband entered a portrait of her in the ].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Archibald Prize finalists 1939 |url=https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1939/ |access-date=2025-01-04 |website=Art Gallery of NSW}}</ref> | Kilgour studied art at the ] run by ]. She married fellow student, Jack Noel Kilgour, in March 1931. The couple sailed to London that year aiming to continue their studies in Europe,<ref>{{cite news |date=3 May 1931 |title=Susan Says... |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article224710453 |accessdate=4 January 2025 |newspaper=The Sun |location=New South Wales, Australia |page=28 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=1466}}</ref> while supporting themselves by working in advertising and illustrating.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Ashton |first=Juilian |date=23 May 1940 |title=A Gifted Australian Returns |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-352928602/view?partId=nla.obj-352949915 |journal=Art in Australia |language=en |volume=3 |issue=79 |access-date=2025-01-04 |via=Trove}}</ref> Her husband entered a portrait of her in the ].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Archibald Prize finalists 1939 |url=https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1939/ |access-date=2025-01-04 |website=Art Gallery of NSW}}</ref> | ||
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| == References == | == References == | ||
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| == External links == | |||
| * Portrait of Jack Kilgour, c. 1940, by Nancy Kilgour, oil painting, State Library of New South Wales, | |||
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Latest revision as of 01:58, 7 January 2025
Australian painter (1904–1954)Nancy May Kilgour (1904 – 5 March 1954) was an Australian painter. As Julia Barrett she wrote short stories.
Nancy May Davidson was born in Melbourne, Victoria in 1904, daughter of Ethel Jessie (née Lavery) and Norman McLeod Davidson. The family moved to Sydney before the birth of her brother, cricketer Hugh Davidson, in 1907.
Kilgour studied art at the Sydney Art School run by Julian Ashton. She married fellow student, Jack Noel Kilgour, in March 1931. The couple sailed to London that year aiming to continue their studies in Europe, while supporting themselves by working in advertising and illustrating. Her husband entered a portrait of her in the 1939 Archibald Prize.
Following her return to Sydney, she held an exhibition at the Macquarie Galleries in 1940. Her paintings included both English and Australian landscapes. The Daily Telegraph reviewer noted her "subtle blend of realism and decoration" and her "fine sense of composition", while The Sydney Morning Herald critic commented on her use of "glowing colours" and "a happy patterning in various tones of green".
She died in Sydney on 5 March 1954.
Legacy
Several of her paintings are held in the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
A retrospective exhibition of her work was held by the Hamer Mathew Galleries, Woollahra in 1985. Examples of her work were also included in the 1995 National Women's Art Exhibition, curated to coincide with the 20th anniversary of International Women's Day in Australia.
References
- "Davidson, Nancy May Birth #13536 of 1904". Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
- "Hugh Davidson Profile – Cricket Player Australia". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
- "Susan Says..." The Sun. No. 1466. New South Wales, Australia. 3 May 1931. p. 28. Retrieved 4 January 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
- Ashton, Juilian (23 May 1940). "A Gifted Australian Returns". Art in Australia. 3 (79). Retrieved 2025-01-04 – via Trove.
- "Archibald Prize finalists 1939". Art Gallery of NSW. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
- "Artist's Simple View Of Nature". The Daily Telegraph. Vol. V, no. 178. New South Wales, Australia. 16 October 1940. p. 9. Retrieved 4 January 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
- "Paintings With No Enemies". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 32, 074. New South Wales, Australia. 16 October 1940. p. 5. Retrieved 4 January 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
- "Family Notices". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 36, 257. New South Wales, Australia. 6 March 1954. p. 56. Retrieved 4 January 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
- "Works by Nancy Kilgour". Art Gallery of NSW. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
- Kilgour, Nancy (1985), Nancy Kilgour, 1904–1954 : a retrospective exhibition, 1st to 30th April, 1985, Hamer Publications, retrieved 4 January 2025
- Kilgour, Nancy. "Nancy Kilgour, 1904–1954 : a retrospective exhibition, 1st to 30th April, 1985". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
- "Past and Present. National Women's Art Exhibition 1995". Design & Art Australia Online. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
- "1995 The National Women's Art Exhibition". Contemporary Art & Feminism Project Archive. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
External links
- Portrait of Jack Kilgour, c. 1940, by Nancy Kilgour, oil painting, State Library of New South Wales, ML 958