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Dorothy Leviny
Bertha "Dorothy" Leviny (1881– 9 April 1968) was an Australian artist. Biography Leviny was born in 1881 in Castlemaine, Victoria to Ernest Leviny, a Hungarian silversmith and jeweller, and Bertha Leviny, (née Hudson) a homemaker. Her father arrived in Melbourne from London in 1853, intending to mine on the goldfields before discovering the machinery he had brought with him to be unsuitable. Instead of returning home he settled in Castlemaine, establishing a jewellery and watchmaking business in Market Square in 1854. Ernest bought the house at Delhi Villa, later called Buda, in 1863 before any of the children were born. The second youngest of ten children, Dorothy Leviny had five sisters and four brothers. She studied art at the Castlemaine School of Mines in 1900, achieving first class grades in drawing, then from 1901–1908 attended Bendigo School of Mines under Arthur T. Woodward, as did her sisters Mary and Gertrude before her, with Mary also attending paintin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castlemaine, Victoria
Castlemaine ( , Variation in Australian English, non-locally also ) is a town in west central Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, in the Goldfields region of Victoria, Goldfields region about 123 kilometres (76 miles) northwest by road from Melbourne and about 39 kilometres (24 miles) from the major provincial centre of Bendigo, Victoria, Bendigo. It is the administrative and economic centre of the Shire of Mount Alexander. Castlemaine was named by the chief goldfield commissioner, Captain W. Wright, in honour of his Irish people, Irish uncle, William Handcock, 1st Viscount Castlemaine, Viscount Castlemaine. At the , Castlemaine had a population of 7,506. Built on the lands of the Dja Dja Wurrung, Castlemaine began as a Victorian gold rush, gold rush boomtown in 1851 and developed into a major regional centre, being officially City of Castlemaine, proclaimed a City on 4 December 1965, although since declining in population. It is home to many cultural institutions incl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bendigo School Of Mines And Industries
The Bendigo School of Mines was established in Bendigo, Australia in 1873 to provide technical education, predominantly for the mining industry. It was then known as the ''Bendigo School of Mines and Industries'' from 1883 to 1959, ''Bendigo Technical College'' from 1959 to 1967, and ''Bendigo Institute of Technology'' from 1967 to 1975. Its changes of name reflected the broadening scope of the technical education it delivered. A history of the organisation was published in 1973 – "Canvas to campus: a history of the Bendigo Institute of Technology", written by Frank Cusack. In 1975 it merged with the humanities focused ''State College of Victoria at Bendigo'' (previously the Bendigo Teachers' College) to form the generalist ''Bendigo College of Advanced Education'' (1975–1990), which became the ''La Trobe University College of Northern Victoria'' on 1 January 1991. This body maintained much academic independence from the greater La Trobe University organisation until the early ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castlemaine Art Museum
Castlemaine Art Museum is an art gallery and museum in Castlemaine, Victoria, Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia. Founded in 1913, it is housed in a purpose-built Art Deco building, completed in 1931 and heritage-listed by the National Trust. Its collection concentrates on Australian art and the museum houses historical artefacts and displays drawn from the local district. The museum is governed by private trustees and managed by a board elected by subscribers. It is funded by state and local governments with additional support from benefactors, local families, artists and patrons. Its trustees also oversee the management of Buda (house), Buda, a heritage-listed villa and garden 1.3 km adjacent to the museum, which houses its own collection of art and artefacts associated with the Leviny family, and is also open to the public for exhibitions, events displays and garden tours. History The founding of Castlemaine Art Gallery and Historical Museum was preceded by four other publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dandenong Ranges
The Dandenong Ranges (commonly just the Dandenongs) are a set of low mountain ranges in Victoria, Australia, approximately east of the state capital Melbourne. A minor branch of the Great Dividing Range, the Dandenongs consist mostly of rolling hills, rising to at Mount Dandenong, as well as steeply weathered valleys and gullies covered in thick temperate rainforest, predominantly of tall mountain ash trees and dense ferny undergrowth. The namesake Dandenong Creek and most of its left-bank tributaries (particularly the Eumemmerring Creek) originate from headwaters in these mountain ranges. Two of Melbourne's most important storage reservoirs, the Cardinia and Silvan Reservoir, are also located within the Dandenongs. After European settlement in the Port Phillip Bay region, the range was used as a major local source of timber for Melbourne. The ranges were popular with day-trippers from the 1870s onwards. Much of the Dandenongs were protected as parklands as early as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvan, Victoria
Silvan is a town in Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, located 40 km east of Melbourne city centre, Melbourne, located within the Shire of Yarra Ranges Local government areas of Victoria, local government area. Silvan recorded a population of 1,323 at the 2021 Australian census, 2021 census. Silvan marks the halfway point between Belgrave, Victoria, Belgrave and Lilydale, Victoria, Lilydale, both large suburban areas. The area's soils, well suited to growing fruits, vegetables and flowers, draw tourists to the various pick-yourself orchards and berry farms in Silvan. A cultivated hybrid variety of blackberry known as the silvanberry is named after the town. History Originally known as ''Wandin Yallock South'', the town was first surveyed in 1868. The town's name was changed to Silvan in 1913, the same year the local primary school changed its name to Silvan Primary School. In 1917, and as a result of a growing population in Melbourne's south east, the Silvan Reserv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eirene Mort
Eirene Mort (1879–1977) was an Australian artist, art teacher, printmaker, cartoonist, fashion designer and one of several founders of the Society of Arts and Crafts of New South Wales. Early life Eirene Mort was born on 17 November 1879 at Woollahra. Her parents were Canon Henry Wallace Mort, an Anglican clergyman, and Kate Macintosh who was the daughter of Robert Isaacs. Mort attended St Catherine's Clergy Daughters' School in Waverley where her headmistress, Helen Phillips, encouraged her pursuit of art and allowed her to freely use the art studio which Phillips had donated to the school in 1884 and which is now used as a museum. Mort won the University of Sydney medal for Design in 1897 in her final school exams. Mort studied painting with Antonio Dattilo-Rubbo and Albert Fullwood. In London, she studied at the Grosvenor Life School, the Royal School of Art Needlework and the Royal College of Art, South Kensington. Career Mort illustrated articles she wrote fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alice Marian Ellen Bale
Alice Marian Ellen Bale, known as A. M. E. Bale, (11 November 1875 14 February 1955) was an Australian artist, the editor of the Victorian Artists' Society's journal ''VAS'' and a foundation member of the Twenty Melbourne Painters Society. In her will, she left an endowment for the A. M. E. Bale Travelling Scholarship and Art Prize to support Australian artists. The endowment funds a scholarship and two prizes. Early life and education Bale was born in Richmond, Victoria, on 11 November 1875,''Victoria, Australia, Cemetery Records and Headstone Transcriptions, 1844–1997'' the daughter of Marian and naturalist William Mountier Bale. She was an only child, and her family had houses in both Kew and Castlemaine. She studied art under Frederick McCubbin and Lindsay Bernard Hall at the National Gallery School 18951904. Career Bale came to prominence as an artist in Melbourne in the 1920s and 1930s, developing a reputation as one of Australia's pre-eminent flower and still l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
May Vale
May Vale (18 November 1862 – 6 August 1945) was an Australian painter and enamelist. She was reportedly the first women to be elected a member of the Buonarotti Society. Biography Vale was born in Ballarat, the daughter of the Hon. W.M.K. Vale, on 18 November 1862. Training Her family moved to Melbourne 1872 then to London, England in 1874, where Vale was educated at the South Kensington School (Royal College of Art) in London. During 1879-1889, after returning to Melbourne, she attended the National Gallery Art Schools, studying under Oswald Rose Campbell, George Folingsby and Frederick McCubbin. Student colleagues at the school included Jane Sutherland and Clara Southern. Returning to London, she enrolled at the Linton School under Sir James Linton P.R.I. and Henry J. Stock R.I. then at Académie Julian in Paris for six months, under Jules Lefebvre and Tony Robert-Fleury. Australia Back in Melbourne where her address in the 1890s was "Mayfield", Church Street, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Violet Teague
Violet Helen Evangeline Teague (21 February 1872 – 30 September 1951) was an Australian artist, noted for her painting, printmaking and her critical writings on art. Early life and training The only daughter of Melbourne homeopath James Teague and his wife Eliza Jane Miller, Teague was born on 21 February 1872 in Melbourne. Her mother died while she was an infant, and she was raised by her father and his second wife, Sybella, along with Sybella's two children. Teague was taught by a governess at home, and her education included French and the classics. She completed college at the Presbyterian Ladies' College, Melbourne. Violet traveled to Europe to study painting, from 1893-96 with French artist Ernest Blanc-Garin in his Brussels studio then 1896-97 at Hubert von Herkomer's school, Bushey, Bushey, Hertfordshire. Returning to Melbourne she enrolled at the National Gallery of Victoria Art School 1897-1900, while also studying with E. Phillips Fox and Tudor St George Tucker ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tablecloth
A tablecloth is a cloth used to cover a table. Some are mainly ornamental coverings, which may also help protect the table from scratches and stains. Other tablecloths are designed to be spread on a dining table before laying out tableware and food. Some tablecloths are designed as part of an overall table setting, with coordinating napkins, placemats, or other decorative pieces. Special kinds of tablecloth include "runners" which overhang the table at two ends only and "table protectors" which provide a padded layer under a normal tablecloth. Shapes and sizes The most common shapes for tablecloths are round, square, oval, and oblong, or rectangular, corresponding to the most common table shapes. Tablecloths usually have an overhang, referred to as the "drop." The drop is generally on each side of the table, with a shorter drop for casual dining and a longer drop for more formal occasions. Sometimes a floor-length cloth is used. Custom-made tablecloths are also available, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Embroidery
Embroidery is the art of decorating Textile, fabric or other materials using a Sewing needle, needle to stitch Yarn, thread or yarn. It is one of the oldest forms of Textile arts, textile art, with origins dating back thousands of years across various cultures. Common Embroidery stitch, stitches found in early embroidery include the chain stitch, Buttonhole stitch, buttonhole or blanket stitch, running stitch, satin stitch, and cross stitch. Modern embroidery continutes to utilize traditional techniques, though many contemporary stitches are exclusive to machine embroidery. Embroidery is commonly used to embellish accessories and garments is usually seen on quilts, clothing, and accessories. In addition to thread, embroidery may incorporate materials such as Pearl, pearls, Bead, beads, Quill, quills, and Sequin, sequins to highlight texture and design. Today, embroidery serves both decorative and functional purposes and is utilized in fashion expression, cultural identity, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wallpaper
Wallpaper is used in interior decoration to cover the interior walls of domestic and public buildings. It is usually sold in rolls and is applied onto a wall using wallpaper paste. Wallpapers can come plain as "lining paper" to help cover uneven surfaces and minor wall defects, "textured", plain with a regular repeating pattern design, or with a single non-repeating large design carried over a set of sheets. The smallest wallpaper rectangle that can be tiled to form the whole pattern is known as the pattern repeat. Wallpaper printing techniques include surface printing, rotogravure, screen-printing, rotary printing press, and digital printing. Modern wallpaper Modern wallpaper is made in long rolls which are hung vertically on a wall. Patterned wallpapers are designed so that the pattern "repeats", and thus pieces cut from the same roll can be hung next to each other so as to continue the pattern without it being easy to see where the join between two pieces occurs. In the ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
