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Dorrit Black (1891-1951)Dorrit Black was born in Adelaide on 23 December 1891. She studied at Julian Ashton's Sydney Art School 1915-23 where she later became a part-time instructor. Black travelled to Europe in 1927 and studied the linocut technique with Claude Flight from 1927-29 at the Grosvenor School of Modern Art in London and painting under André Lhote and Albert Gleizes in Paris.In 1929 Black returned to Sydney opening the Modern Art Centre 1932-23 which she ran, giving lessons and promoting post-impressionist and cubist art. She also exhibited her own work there in solo and group exhibitions. Black moved to Adelaide in 1935 becoming involved in the administration of the Contemporary Art Society. She produced linocuts from 1927-51 and together with Ethel Spowers and Eveline Syme, fostered a wider interest in the colour linocut in Australia. Reference University of Western Australia - website Ian North, The Art of Dorrit Black, Macmillan, Melbourne, 1979 Stephen Coppel Linocuts of the Machine Age, Scolar Press, London, 1995 Heritage: The National Womens Art Book. Edited by Joan Kerr. Craftsman House, 1995 |
