Geraldine Rede (1874 – 4 September 1943) was an Australian artist and political campaigner.

Early life and family

Geraldine Rede was born in 1874 to

Robert Rede Sir Robert Rede KS (died 7 or 8 January 1519) was an English Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. Biography Rede was the son of William Rede of Wrangle, Lincolnshire, a Calais merchant, and his wife Joan. He was admitted to Lincoln's Inn in 146 ...

, Gold Commissioner during the

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and later Sheriff in

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and

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, and Margaret Clendinning. Rede and her five siblings were the product of her father's relentless pursuit of her mother, who married on 9 January 1873 at St Paul’s Church of England in

. Rede's brother, Lieutenant Paston Hubert Rede, enlisted in the

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in 1902 and served in the 4th Battalion

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(VIC) and the 4th Lighthorse Brigade, where he was promoted to Lieutenant.

Career

An illustrator and a printmaker, Rede was known as a frequent collaborator of

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 Te ...

. The friends lived part of their lives in Mt. Eliza, drawing inspiration from the creatures there for their illustrations. Rede and Teague were learned in the Japanese style of

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, together designing and publishing the book ''

Night Fall in the Ti-Tree ''Night Fall in the Ti-Tree'' is a 1905 artist's book by Violet Teague and Geraldine Rede. It is about a family of rabbits and is known as the first Australian work using colour relief printing. Publication history *1905, Australia, Sign o ...

'' from Teague's Collins Street studio in 1905. Rede's second handmade book ''Little Book of Australian Trees'' was exhibited in the A.N.A. Exhibition of women's work in 1909. Rede sketched a portrait around 1900 of a young

Miles Franklin Stella Maria Sarah Miles Franklin (14 October 187919 September 1954), known as Miles Franklin, was an Australian writer and feminist who is best known for her novel ''My Brilliant Career'', published by Blackwoods of Edinburgh in 1901. While s ...

called ''The White Feather'' that is held in the

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's collection. In 1911 Rede became honorary secretary of the Women's Political Association, a non-party organisation founded by

Vida Goldstein Vida Jane Mary Goldstein (pron. ) (13 April 186915 August 1949) was an Women's suffrage in Australia, Australian suffragist and social reformer. She was one of four female candidates at the 1903 Australian federal election, 1903 federal election ...

in 1903, which published the monthly paper, ''Woman Voter.'' Rede and Goldstein's sister Aileen visited

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in 1914 to attend the Conference of the Overseas Union. The Imperial Colonial Club and Overseas Union was established in 1907 for influential English-speaking people from

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and the colonies overseas to gather and socialise, and share entertainment.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rede, Geraldine 1874 births 1943 deaths Australian artists