Olive Ashworth

Olive Ashworth (1915 – 2000) was an Australian artist, textile designer and photographer.[1]

Olive Ashworth
Born1915
Brisbane
Died2000
NationalityAustralian
Known forCommercial and Mural art, textile design, Photography

She is acknowledged as a significant contributor to Australian textile design during the 1950s.[2]

Collections
Two soft toys created by Olive Ashworth

Ashworth's works are held in the collections of the National Gallery of Australia (including Aquarelle,[3] Mushroom coral,[4] and Reef fantasy[5]), and the Queensland Art Gallery (includes Design for Coral garden,[6] Design for Reef fantasy,[7] Design for Queensland,[8] and Great Barrier Reef neck tie[9]).

Libraries that hold books and ephemera designed, produced and/or illustrated by Ashworth include the State Library of New South Wales (Mackay And District: On The Threshold Of Its Second Century, Innisfail And District, North Queensland, Australia, (Over And Under The Great Barrier Reef, Innisfall And District, North Queensland, Australia, and Route of McLean's Roylen cruises to the Great Barrier Reef), State Library of Queensland (Mackay And District: On The Threshold Of Its Second Century, Route of McLean's Roylen cruises to the Great Barrier Reef, Fraser Island: Its Past, Present and Future, Magnetic Island Advertising brochures, and Miss Queensland Yolande Brunel with a bunch of coconuts on Lindeman Island, Queensland, 1957 (photograph)), and Library and Archives Canada (Mackay And District: On The Threshold Of Its Second Century).

The State Library of Queensland also has a pair of toy ducks designed and made by Ashworth.[10]

The Olive Ashworth Textile Collection is held by the Queensland Museum.[11]

Exhibitions

Group

Significance

On Ashworth, the Queensland Art Gallery wrote:

Olive Ashworth is one of the few Australians, and the only Queensland-based artist, to contribute significantly to textile design in the 1950s.[2]

References
  1. "Olive Ashworth Archive". nqheritage.jcu.edu.au. James Cook University. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  2. "Olive Ashworth: Textile length: Reef rhythm 1971". qagoma.qld.gov.au. Queensland Art Gallery. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  3. "Olive Ashworth: Aquarelle c 1954". artsearch.nga.gov.au. National Gallery of Australia. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  4. "Olive Ashworth: Mushroom coral 1971". artsearch.nga.gov.au. National Gallery of Australia. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  5. "Olive Ashworth: Reef fantasy 1971". artsearch.nga.gov.au. National Gallery of Australia. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  6. "Design: Coral garden c.1956". qagoma.qld.gov.au. Queensland Art Gallery. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  7. "Design: Reef fantasy 1971". qagoma.qld.gov.au. Queensland Art Gallery. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  8. "Design: Queensland 1980". qagoma.qld.gov.au. Queensland Art Gallery. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  9. "Great Barrier Reef neck tie c.1980s". qagoma.qld.gov.au. Queensland Art Gallery. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  10. "Two soft toys created by Olive Ashworth ca. 1942". flickr.com. State Library of Queensland. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  11. "Cultures and Histories Collections: Social History". qm.qld.gov.au. Queensland Museum. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  12. "Women Artists of North Queensland". daao.library.unsw.edu.au. Design & Art Online. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  13. "Women Hold Up Half The Sky". daao.library.unsw.edu.au. Design & Art Online. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  14. "New Woman Exhibition at Museum of Brisbane". The Weekend Edition Brisbane. The Weekend Edition. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
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