June Ethel Stephenson (3 June 1914 – 1999) was an Australian visual artist, specifically a painter and print-maker.[1] She was born in Melbourne and went to school at the National Gallery and George Bell schools in Melbourne and overseas.[2]

Biography

June Stephenson had a network of women artists in Melbourne with whom she was close friends, including Meg Benwell, Anne Graham, Judith Perrey and Margaret Dredge.[3] Stephenson was part of an exhibition in 1961 of five female artists including Sue McDougall, Grace Somerville, Margaret Dredge and Inez Green. The group exhibition was held to raise funds for the Beaumaris Art Group.[4]

At the George Bell School in Toorak that Stephenson met her close friend, traveling companion, and fellow artist: Anne Marie Graham.[5] Stephenson and Graham went on sketching and painting expeditions in the Glass House Mountains during the winters of 1972 to 1979 when Stephenson lived at Broadbeach on the Gold Coast.[6] They shared an exhibit at The Little Gallery, Davenport, Tasmania in 1970.[6] They were also both featured in a 1968 exhibition, titled The Essentialists at the Pinacotheca Gallery in Melbourne.

References

  1. ↑ Printmaking, Prints and. "June Stephenson". www.printsandprintmaking.gov.au. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  2. ↑ "Stephenson, June Ethel – Artists – Australian Art Auction Records". www.artrecord.com. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  3. ↑ "Not the usual Book Club Story: the Margaret Dredge retrospective & the workings of Australia art historiography". login.remote.slc.edu. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  4. ↑ "Draft report. Heritage Assessment" (PDF). ap-southeast. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  5. ↑ "Anne Marie Graham Presented by Colour In Your Life". Colour in Your Life. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  6. 1 2 "Anne Marie Graham". www.annemariegraham.com.au. Retrieved 12 November 2020.


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