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33: 301:. Proctor remained unmarried but was briefly engaged to Sidney Long in 1898, whom she had met and studied with in London. Proctor was always exquisitely groomed and considered beautiful. She was still creating and exhibiting drawings of sure and subtle draughtsmanship until late in life, with her work showing at the Macquarie Galleries in Sydney. 264:
Proctor was known for her interest in fashion, and designed her own clothing, expressing her individuality. On her return from London in the early 1920s, Proctor was unimpressed with the Australian women's fashion of the day, poor availability of the sort of luxury fabrics she had been used to seeing
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By 1922, she had set up a studio in the Grosvenor Building at 219 George Street where she taught classes. She regarded herself as one of the first 'moderns' to exhibit in Australia, regularly attending art openings, always impeccably dressed in lavender or violet.
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in London in 1903. Ashton and Lambert became lifelong friends and she modelled for him many times. Apart from two years spent in Sydney between 1912 and 1914 she worked in London 1903 from to 1921, associating with fellow Australian expatriates
215:. Proctor was also inspired by a performance of the Ballets Russes which she saw in 1911. She found it 'beautiful and inspired'. Her decorative work was inspired by Chelsea Arts Club balls with their elaborate costumes and beautiful fabrics. 914:"Schedule 'B' National Memorials Ordinance 1928–1972 Street Nomenclature List of Additional Names with Reference to Origin: Commonwealth of Australia Gazette. Special (National: 1977–2012) – 8 Feb 1978" 602:"Australians must Develop Taste says Miss Thea Proctor AND HAS SOMETHING TO ADD ABOUT HATS, ARCHITECTURE, THE RUSSIAN BALLET AND THE VENUS de MILO EPIDEMIC IN AMERICA. (1 June 1922)" 532: 238: 212: 234: 159:
who was a solicitor and a politician and Kathleen Jane Louisa Proctor (nÊe Roberts). When her parents separated in 1892, she and her mother moved to
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Awarded a prize at the Bowral Amateur Art Society's exhibition in 1894, while attending Lynthorpe Ladies' College. This was judged by
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Kerry Gardner (2021) 'Australia at the Venice Biennale: A Century of Contemporary Art' The Migunyah Press, ISBN 978-0-522-87736-6
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The Society of Artists awarded her a medal in recognition of her influence as a tastemaker in New South Wales.
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in London and Paris, and particularly the way Australian women wore what she considered shapeless hats.
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Barry Humphries, Andrew Sayers, Sarah Engledow, Craftsmann House, St Leonards, NSW, 2005
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the techniques of woodblock-engraving 1926–28, and they both produced covers for the
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Australian Academy of Art First Exhibition, April 8th-29th, Sydney : Catalogue
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In 1912, Proctor became the first female Australian artist to exhibit at the
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influenced by Conder and Japanese woodblock prints. She exhibited at the
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was held at the National Portrait Gallery, Old Parliament House in 2005.
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to stay with her grandmother who encouraged her interest in painting.
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In 1937 Proctor became a foundation member of, and exhibited with,
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Butler, Roger. "Proctor, Alethea Mary (Thea) (1879–1966)".
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Two of several portraits by Lambert of Proctor hang in the
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in Australia has a portrait in charcoal, also by Lambert.
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International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers
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Index


George Washington Lambert
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Armidale
New South Wales
Australia
Potts Point
Julian Ashton Art School
St John's Wood School of Art
Armidale, New South Wales
William Consett Proctor
Bowral
Sydney Art School
Julian Ashton
St John's Wood School of Art
Charles Conder
Arthur Streeton
Tom Roberts
fans
Royal Academy of Arts
New English Art Club
Senefelder Club
London Goupil Gallery
International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers
Venice Biennale
Margaret Preston
George Lambert
Contemporary Group
Grosvenor Gallery
Grace Cossington Smith

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