DOROTHY STONER (1904-1992) Male Studio Nude 1949 oil on canvas signed and dated lower left: D K Stoner 49 45.5 x 35cm PROVENANCE The George Brugler & Jasmine Cowen Collection, Melbourne
DOROTHY STONER (1904-1992) Woman Bathing circa 1949 oil on canvas signed lower right: D K Stoner 34 x 29cm PROVENANCE The George Brugler & Jasmine Cowen Collection, Melbourne
DOROTHY STONER (1904-1992) Studio Nude, Paris 1949 oil on canvas signed, dated and inscribed lower left: DOROTHY Stoner / Paris 1949 59 x 49cm PROVENANCE The George Brugler & Jasmine Cowen Collection, Melbourne
Dorothy Stoner (1904-92) Australia - Spring Snow After the Fires. B England 1904 arr Aust 1921 Stoner studied at the Hobart Technical College under Dechaineux, later teaching at same, 1936-64, alongside Carington Smith. She engaged on further study George Bell School 1939, London and Paris 1949-50, and East Sydney Tech under John Passmore Godfrey Miller. “In Paris, the gods of Picasso and Matisse were very evident and her work is best understood against this background as it incorporates elements of fauvism and cubism In the late 1960’s her work developed from form to imagination, this large poetic landscape (Spring Snows After the Fires c1972) confirms her poetic impulses, this the most lyrical response by a local artist to the aftermath of Tasmania’s tragic 1967 bushfires, and the precursor to the verdant landscapes of the late 1970’s. Her most successful work issues from a risky but instinctive struggle in which natural appearances are transformed into intense structures of shape, colour and form which aim to create a heightened sense of reality.” Notes From H Kolenberg ‘Two Retrospectives Edition Holmes Dorothy Stoner’ TMAG 25 August – 2 October 1983Dorothy Stoner (1904-92) Australia - Spring Snow After the Fires. B England 1904 arr Aust 1921 Stoner studied at the Hobart Technical College under Dechaineux, later teaching at same, 1936-64, alongside Carington Smith. She engaged on further study George Bell School 1939, London and Paris 1949-50, and East Sydney Tech under John Passmore Godfrey Miller. “In Paris, the gods of Picasso and Matisse were very evident and her work is best understood against this background as it incorporates elements of fauvism and cubism In the late 1960’s her work developed from form to imagination, this large poetic landscape (Spring Snows After the Fires c1972) confirms her poetic impulses, this the most lyrical response by a local artist to the aftermath of Tasmania’s tragic 1967 bushfires, and the precursor to the verdant landscapes of the late 1970’s. Her most successful work issues from a risky but instinctive struggle in which natural appearances are transformed into intense structures of shape, colour and form which aim to create a heightened sense of reality.” Notes From H Kolenberg ‘Two Retrospectives Edition Holmes Dorothy Stoner’ TMAG 25 August – 2 October 1983Dorothy Stoner (1904-92) Australia - Spring Snow After the Fires. B England 1904 arr Aust 1921 Stoner studied at the Hobart Technical College under Dechaineux, later teaching at same, 1936-64, alongside Carington Smith. She engaged on further study George Bell School 1939, London and Paris 1949-50, and East Sydney Tech under John Passmore Godfrey Miller. “In Paris, the gods of Picasso and Matisse were very evident and her work is best understood against this background as it incorporates elements of fauvism and cubism In the late 1960’s her work developed from form to imagination, this large poetic landscape (Spring Snows After the Fires c1972) confirms her poetic impulses, this the most lyrical response by a local artist to the aftermath of Tasmania’s tragic 1967 bushfires, and the precursor to the verdant landscapes of the late 1970’s. Her most successful work issues from a risky but instinctive struggle in which natural appearances are transformed into intense structures of shape, colour and form which aim to create a heightened sense of reality.” Notes From H Kolenberg ‘Two Retrospectives Edition Holmes Dorothy Stoner’ TMAG 25 August – 2 October 1983Dorothy Stoner (1904-92) Australia - Spring Snow After the Fires. B England 1904 arr Aust 1921 Stoner studied at the Hobart Technical College under Dechaineux, later teaching at same, 1936-64, alongside Carington Smith. She engaged on further study George Bell School 1939, London and Paris 1949-50, and East Sydney Tech under John Passmore Godfrey Miller. “In Paris, the gods of Picasso and Matisse were very evident and her work is best understood against this background as it incorporates elements of fauvism and cubism In the late 1960’s her work developed from form to imagination, this large poetic landscape (Spring Snows After the Fires c1972) confirms her poetic impulses, this the most lyrical response by a local artist to the aftermath of Tasmania’s tragic 1967 bushfires, and the precursor to the verdant landscapes of the late 1970’s. Her most successful work issues from a risky but instinctive struggle in which natural appearances are transformed into intense structures of shape, colour and form which aim to create a heightened sense of reality.” Notes From H Kolenberg ‘Two Retrospectives Edition Holmes Dorothy Stoner’ TMAG 25 August – 2 October 1983Dorothy Stoner (1904-92) Australia - Spring Snow After the Fires. B England 1904 arr Aust 1921 Stoner studied at the Hobart Technical College under Dechaineux, later teaching at same, 1936-64, alongside Carington Smith. She engaged on further study George Bell School 1939, London and Paris 1949-50, and East Sydney Tech under John Passmore Godfrey Miller. “In Paris, the gods of Picasso and Matisse were very evident and her work is best understood against this background as it incorporates elements of fauvism and cubism In the late 1960’s her work developed from form to imagination, this large poetic landscape (Spring Snows After the Fires c1972) confirms her poetic impulses, this the most lyrical response by a local artist to the aftermath of Tasmania’s tragic 1967 bushfires, and the precursor to the verdant landscapes of the late 1970’s. Her most successful work issues from a risky but instinctive struggle in which natural appearances are transformed into intense structures of shape, colour and form which aim to create a heightened sense of reality.” Notes From H Kolenberg ‘Two Retrospectives Edition Holmes Dorothy Stoner’ TMAG 25 August – 2 October 1983Dorothy Stoner (1904-92) Australia - Spring Snow After the Fires. B England 1904 arr Aust 1921 Stoner studied at the Hobart Technical College under Dechaineux, later teaching at same, 1936-64, alongside Carington Smith. She engaged on further study George Bell School 1939, London and Paris 1949-50, and East Sydney Tech under John Passmore Godfrey Miller. “In Paris, the gods of Picasso and Matisse were very evident and her work is best understood against this background as it incorporates elements of fauvism and cubism In the late 1960’s her work developed from form to imagination, this large poetic landscape (Spring Snows After the Fires c1972) confirms her poetic impulses, this the most lyrical response by a local artist to the aftermath of Tasmania’s tragic 1967 bushfires, and the precursor to the verdant landscapes of the late 1970’s. Her most successful work issues from a risky but instinctive struggle in which natural appearances are transformed into intense structures of shape, colour and form which aim to create a heightened sense of reality.” Notes From H Kolenberg ‘Two Retrospectives Edition Holmes Dorothy Stoner’ TMAG 25 August – 2 October 1983
Born in the UK and arrived in Tasmania in 1921, studied 1925-29 Hobart Technical College under Dechaineux, fellow students include Edith Holmes, Eileen Crowe, Jean Bellete. Studies George Bell School, Melbourne, where she remembered Russell Drysdale as fellow student. 1940 appointed art instructor Hobart Technical College remained until retirement 1964, notable among fellow instructors where Jack Carrington Smith, Rosamond McCulloch, George Davis, notable students included Tony Woods, Owen Lade. April1949 till June 1950 she studied at the Anglo-French Centre, St Johns Wood, London and in Paris at the Academie Chaumiere, and Atelier Croqouis, Paris. She also took extra instruction privately from Eduoard-Georges MacAvoy (who taught at the Chaumiere), interested in the school of Paris' such as that by Picasso, Matisse, Marcharnd and Yves Brayer. After some travel in France Italy and England (where she met Philip Connard and attended classes at Goldsmith's College, London, she returned to Hobart in 1950. Further studies at East Sydney Technical College under John Passmore, Godfrey Miller and Dorothy Thornhill 1961 - 1966. Late teaching connections connected her with Frank Hodgkinson and Michael Shannon. First exhibited Art Society of Tasmania 1929, founding member Contemporary Art Society of Australia in Melbourne and Hobart. Reference Edith Holmes Dorothy Stoner two retrospectives Hendrik Kolenberg TAMG 25 August - 2 October 1983
Born UK 1904 arived Tasmania 1921, studied 1925-29 Hobart Technical College under Dechaineux, fellow students includes Edith Holmes, Eileen Crowe, Jean Bellete. Studies George Bell School, Melbourne, where she remembered Russell Drysdale as fellow student. 1940 appointed art instructor Hobart Technical College remained until retirement 1964, notable among fellow instructors where Jack Carrington Smith, Rosamond McCulloch, George Davis, notable students included Tony Woods, Owen Lade. April 1949 till June 1950 she studied at the Anglo-French Centre, St Johns Wood, London and in Paris at the Academie Chaumiere, and Atelier Croqouis, Paris. She also took extra instruction privately from Eduoard-Georges MacAvoy (who taught at the Chaumiere), interested in the school of Paris' such as that by Picasso, Matisse, Marcharnd and Yves Brayer. After some travel in France Italy and England (where she met Philip Connard and attended classes at Goldsmith's College, London, she returned to Hobart in 1950. Further studies at East Sydney Technical College under John Passmore, Godfrey Miller and Dorothy Thornhill 1961 - 1966. Late teaching connections connected her with Frank Hodgkinson and Michael Shannon. First exhibited Art Society of Tasmania 1929 , founding member Contemporary Art Society of Australia in Melbourne and Hobart. Ref: Edith Holmes Dorothy Stoner two retrospectives Hendrik Kolenberg TMAG 25 August - 2 October 1983
