BRENDA HUMBLE
(1923 - 2011) 

It is with great sadness that Eva Breuer Art Dealer announces the passing of Brenda Humble (1933-2011). Artist, sculptor, historian and activist, Brenda graduated from the National Art School in 1960 and was a major part of the Sydney art world for more than 50 years. Brenda won the 1982 Portia Geach Prize for her portrait of Virginia Hall. She had over 16 solo exhibitions in Sydney and was a finalist in the 1974 Wynne Prize, the 1982 Waverley Art Prize and the 1981 Mornington peninsula Drawing prize amongst others.
    
Brenda Humble has been part of †he Eva Breuer Art Dealer stable of artists since 2004. In August 2009 her work was honoured with a retrospective which explored her painting of the 1970's and 80's. Brenda Humble: Art as Activism coincided with History Week 2009 and the Kings Cross Library 50th Anniversary. The exhibition explored Brenda's involvement in the activism in the Kings Cross area during that period, her work on the Green Bans and the disappearance of Juanita Nielsen.

Brenda Humble is represented in the Artbank Collection; Parliament House, Canberra;  the Reserve Bank of Australia; University of NSW; the IBM Collection, Sydney; Mackay City Library, Queensland as well as  private and corporate collections in Australia, Canada, Japan, UK and USA.