01 Painting, The Art Of The Nude, DORA L. WILSON's Nude with Pomegranates, with footnotes # 132

DORA L. WILSON, (1883-1946)

Nude with Pomegranates

Pastel on paper

47 x 37cm

Private collection

Dora Lynnell Wilson (31 August 1883 - 21 November 1946) was a British-born Australian artist, Wilson was educated at Somerset School and Methodist Ladies' College in Melbourne. From 1901-1906 she studied at the National Gallery. 

Wilson was best known for her etchings, pastels and oils of still lifes and nudes. Her work was praised for her 'strong sense of colour' but also critiqued for demonstrating a 'chocolate box prettiness'. Her work was included in a number of notable exhibitions.

From the 1920s onward she concentrated largely on street scenes, and in 1923 she was commissioned by Sir Baldwin Spencer to undertake a series of paintings of European landmarks, which saw her travelling around Europe for over two years. In 1928 these works were exhibited at the Beaux Arts Gallery, London, and the following year at Australia House. In the early 1930s she focused on historical scenes from Melbourne's history. More on Dora Wilson

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