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Latitude
-30.748889
Longitude
121.465833
Start Date
1913-01-01
End Date
2013-01-01

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ID
tb8f6f

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Birth Place
Kalgoorlie, WA, Australia
Biography
Bessie Saunders was book in Kalgoorlie and educated at Miss Parnell’s Girls High School Claremont before attending Margaret Saunders’ Perth School of Art. She exhibited with the WA Society of Arts, winning prizes on at least two occasions. Later she became the Society’s secretary.In 1936 she married the painter Allon Cook and while she may have continued making commercial work, she appears to have ceased working as an artist after the birth of her son, the artist Phillip Cook. Writers: Joanna Mendelssohn Date written: 2020 Last updated: 2020
Born
b. 1913
Summary
None listed
Gender
Female
Died
2013
Age at death
100