Rhoda Wager (10 March 1875 – 1953) was a British jewellery designer who later settled in Australia.

She was born on 10 March 1875 in Mile End, London, one of five children of George Wager a warehouseman, and his wife Jane Annabella, née James.[1]

Wager grew up in Bristol, and studied there at a local art school, then trained in drawing and painting at the Glasgow School of Art from 1897 to 1903.[1] She also made jewellery with Bernard Cuzner.[1]

In 1913, Wager moved to Fiji, where she to lived on her brother's sugar plantation.[1] In 1918, she moved to Sydney,Australia.[1][2]

In March 1920, she married Percy G. Ashton, son of Julian Ashton CBE (1851–1942), an English-born Australian artist.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Schofield, Anne. "Wager, Rhoda (1875–1953)". Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 12 , 1990. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Sister artists". News. Vol. V, no. 644. South Australia. 17 August 1925. p. 5 (Home addition). Retrieved 10 June 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.