Alleyne Clarice Zander (9 February 1893 – 12 October 1958), was an Australian artist, art curator, gallery manager and publicist, born Alleyne Clarice Peel in

Coleraine, Victoria Coleraine is a town in Victoria, Australia on the Glenelg Highway, west of the state capital, Melbourne and north-west of Hamilton in the Shire of Southern Grampians local government area. It was named after the town in County Londonderry, ...

. She became known in Australia for organizing the ''British Contemporary Art'' exhibitions in Melbourne in 1932 and 1933 after moving to London in 1930 where she was appointed gallery manager of

The Redfern Gallery The Redfern Gallery is an exhibition space in the West End of London specialising in contemporary British art. It was founded by Arthur Knyvett-Lee and Anthony Maxtone Graham in 1923 as an artists' cooperative on the top floor of Redfern H ...

. In 1934 she began working for the

Royal Academy of Art The Royal Academy of Arts (RA) is an art institution based in Burlington House in Piccadilly London, England. Founded in 1768, it has a unique position as an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects. Its ...

, later becoming a full time employee. Zander was pivotal in reorienting the then conservative academy toward wider public engagement, being responsible for exhibition organisation and public engagement, becoming 'the public face of the academy'. For the

New Burlington Galleries The New Burlington Galleries was an art gallery at 5 Burlington Gardens, Mayfair, London. From 11 June to 4 July 1936, they held the ''International Surrealist Exhibition'', the first full exhibition of surrealist art in the UK. From 7 June to 2 ...

she helped organise and promoted exhibitions by

Picasso Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso (25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, Ceramic art, ceramicist, and Scenic ...

Salvador Dali Salvador, meaning "salvation" (or "saviour") in Catalan, Spanish, and Portuguese may refer to: * Salvador (name) Arts, entertainment, and media Music *Salvador (band), a Christian band that plays both English and Spanish music ** ''Salvador'' ( ...

and

Giorgio de Chirico Giuseppe Maria Alberto Giorgio de Chirico ( ; ; 10 July 1888 – 20 November 1978) was an Italian artist and writer born in Greece. In the years before World War I, he founded the art movement, which profoundly influenced the surrealists. His ...

and travelled to Nazi Germany to research works for Twentieth Century German Art made in response to the Nazi's degenerate Art exhibitions. She was the long term partner of political cartoonist

Will Dyson William Henry ('Will') Dyson (3 September 1880 – 21 January 1938) was an Australian illustrator, artist and political cartoonist who achieved international recognition. He initially worked as a freelance artist in Australia, developing a spec ...

until his death in 1938. Fearing a German invasion of Britain she returned to Australia in 1940, partly because of her Jewish surname by marriage.

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