Dorothy Niall
1930
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
86.5 × 71.4 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Bequest of Michael Niall, 2019
© Courtesy of the artist’s estate
Gallery location
Gallery 8
Level 2, NGV Australia
About this work
Modernist painter Constance Stokes was trained at the National Gallery of Victoria Art School, and in 1929 won a scholarship to continue her study at London’s Royal Academy of Arts. The subject of this painting is unconfirmed; however, it is speculated that the work may depict the donor’s mother, Dorothy Ellen Niall. The textile used as a backdrop is by Michael O’Connell and is also visible in a still life by the artist, Marguerites and cornflowers,1930, which was exhibited in the Exhibition of Paintings by Constance Parkin in 1933.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Melbourne, Victoria
Inscription
inscribed in brown paint u.r.: CPARKIN / 1930
Accession Number
2019.36
Department
Australian Painting
Subjects (general)
Portraits
Subjects (specific)
cigarettes costume (mode of fashion) dresses (garments) flower (motif) necklaces tables (support furniture) wallpapers women (female humans)