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Latitude
-37.864
Longitude
144.982
Start Date
1899-01-01
End Date
1991-01-01

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ID
tb90f5

Extended Data

Birth Place
St. Kilda, Melbourne, Vic., Australia
Biography
painter and printmaker, was born in St Kilda, Melbourne on 22 November 1899, daughter of Maria Tweedale and Arthur Edward McIntyre Berndt. She studied at Ashton’s Sydney Art School when Grace Crowley and Anne Dangar were teaching there before they left for France in 1925. She also had lessons from Dorrit Black in 1935 and from Adelaide Perry in 1943. At London in the 1950s she attended the Central School of Art and Craft. Best known as a painter, she was secretary of the Australian Watercolour Institute in the 1940s and the 1960s. Her few known prints include decorative linocuts done in the 1930s and some colour lithographs done in London. This entry is a stub. You can help the DAAO by submitting a biography. Writers: Staff Writer Date written: 1996 Last updated: 2007
Born
b. 22 November 1899
Summary
Painter and printmaker, Berndt studied variously under Grace Crowley, Anne Dangar, Dorrit Black and Adelaide Perry before relocating to London to study at the Central School of Art and Craft. Best known as a painter, Berndt was secretary of the Australian Watercolour Institute throughout the 1940s and 1960s.
Gender
Female
Died
c.1991
Age at death
92