Today's Artist is Mary Cecil Allen 2 September 1893 – 7 April 1962, was an Australian artist, writer, and lecturer, Allen initially painted landscapes and portraits in her early career but changed to modernize styles as well, Allen was into cubism from around the 1930's onwards.
Allen was the daughter of Harry Brookes Allen, 1854–1926, a pathologist and medical administrator, and Ada Rosalie Elizabeth, née Mason, 1862–1933 a community worker. In their childhood, Allen and her sisters, Edith Margaret and Beatrice (Biddy), lived in a staff house at the University of Melbourne.
Allen qualified to study a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Melbourne, but decided to study under Fred McCubbin at the National Gallery of Victoria Art School instead,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Cecil_Allen
Allen's paintings were well received in Melbourne art world. Following her work and travels in Europe and America, Allen converted to modernism. She wrote two books, The Mirror of the Passing World (1928) and Painters of the Modern Mind (1929) based on her lectures and in the latter book, stated "that art should convey ideas, rather than mimic visual reality
Allen was the daughter of Harry Brookes Allen, 1854–1926, a pathologist and medical administrator, and Ada Rosalie Elizabeth, née Mason, 1862–1933 a community worker. In their childhood, Allen and her sisters, Edith Margaret and Beatrice (Biddy), lived in a staff house at the University of Melbourne.
Allen qualified to study a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Melbourne, but decided to study under Fred McCubbin at the National Gallery of Victoria Art School instead,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Cecil_Allen
Allen's paintings were well received in Melbourne art world. Following her work and travels in Europe and America, Allen converted to modernism. She wrote two books, The Mirror of the Passing World (1928) and Painters of the Modern Mind (1929) based on her lectures and in the latter book, stated "that art should convey ideas, rather than mimic visual reality
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