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Lucie Emilie Shorter

Layer: DAOO Artists with known birth places and birth years
Type: Other

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Latitude: -33.8772
Longitude: 151.1049
Start Date: 1887-01-01
End Date: 1887-01-01

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DAAO URL: https://www.daao.org.au/bio/lucie-emilie-shorter
Birth Place: Burwood, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Biography: designer, was born in Burwood, Sydney, on 31 July 1887, eldest of the seven children of John Shorter, an agent for several British firms in Australia, including Doulton’s Pottery. Her mother was a gifted artist who had studied under Louis Bilton. Lucille (known as Lulu), studied art at Granville Technical College under Alfred Coffey (c.1904-08), then travelled to England with her father in 1908 for six months. After her return she studied at the National Art School, East Sydney Technical College. She revisited Britain in 1917-18 and on later occasions. The National Gallery of Australia holds several works by Shorter, including her pen-and-ink design for a flannel flower plate border (c.1906-07) designed for the prestigious international magazine, Keramic Decoration ; it was donated by the artist in 1985. In 1988, aged 100, Shorter was able to see her work on display with the later gift of her father’s large Doulton ceramic collection at the newly-opened Powerhouse Museum (MAAS). She died at a Mona Vale (Sydney) nursing home on 12 August 1989, aged 102. This entry is a stub. You can help DAAO by submitting a biography. Writers: Kerr, Joan Note: Heritage biography. staffcontributor Date written: 1995 Last updated: 2011
Born: b. 31 July 1887
Summary: Shorter was a designer, was born on 31 July 1887. The National Gallery of Australia holds several works by her. She is the signed author of an illustration of a waratah (for Doulton) in R.T. Baker's The Australian Flora in Applied Art, Technological Museum, Sydney, 1915. Figure 26.
Gender: Female
Died: 12-Aug-89
Age at death: 102