Alice Hambidge

Alice Marian Hambidge (2 October 1869 – 20 January 1947) was an Australian artist.[1]

Statue of Venus, North Terrace, Adelaide by Alice Hambidge, c.1909

Born in Kensington, South Australia on 2 October 1869, Hambidge received art training at the School of Design in Adelaide in 1893.[2]

Her work is included in the collections of the Art Gallery of South Australia,[1] the Art Gallery of New South Wales[3] and the National Library of Australia.[4]

Hambidge Crescent in the Canberra suburb of Chisholm is named in honour of her and her sisters Helen and Millicent.[5]

References

1. "Alice Hambidge". AGSA – Online Collection. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
2. "Alice Hambidge". Design & Art Australia Online. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
3. "Works by Alice Hambidge :: The Collection :: Art Gallery NSW". www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
4. "Statue of Venus, North Terrace, Adelaide, probably 1909". nla.gov.au. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
5. "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". Trove. p. 12. Retrieved 2 April 2020.