Christian Marjory Emily Carlyle Waller (1894-1954), Christian was born on 2 August 1894 at Castlemaine, Victoria, the fifth daughter and youngest of seven children of William Edward Yandell (d.1899), a Victorian-born plasterer, and his wife Emily, née James, who came from England. Christian began her art studies in 1905 under Carl Steiner at the Castlemaine School of Mines and was later taught by Hugh Fegan at the Bendigo School of Mines. She exhibited her work at the Bendigo Art Gallery and the local Masonic Hall in 1909, and in Melbourne next year.
The family moved in 1910 to Melbourne where Christian attended the National Gallery schools. She studied under Frederick McCubbin and Bernard Hall, won several student prizes. During the 1920s Christian Waller became a leading book illustrator, winning acclaim as the first Australian artist to illustrate Alice in Wonderland (1924). Christian signed and exhibited her work under her maiden name until 1930, but thereafter used her married name. Christian went to New York in 1939. She joined one of the communes established by the religious leader Father Devine and completed several murals. In 1940 she returned to the home she shared with her husband at Ivanhoe, Melbourne. She immersed herself in her work and became increasingly reclusive. In 1942 she painted a large mural for Christ Church, Geelong; by 1948 she had completed more than fifty stained-glass windows.
http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/waller-christian-marjory-11944
St Paul's Anglican Church Canterbury
The family moved in 1910 to Melbourne where Christian attended the National Gallery schools. She studied under Frederick McCubbin and Bernard Hall, won several student prizes. During the 1920s Christian Waller became a leading book illustrator, winning acclaim as the first Australian artist to illustrate Alice in Wonderland (1924). Christian signed and exhibited her work under her maiden name until 1930, but thereafter used her married name. Christian went to New York in 1939. She joined one of the communes established by the religious leader Father Devine and completed several murals. In 1940 she returned to the home she shared with her husband at Ivanhoe, Melbourne. She immersed herself in her work and became increasingly reclusive. In 1942 she painted a large mural for Christ Church, Geelong; by 1948 she had completed more than fifty stained-glass windows.
http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/waller-christian-marjory-11944
St Paul's Anglican Church Canterbury
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