L.G. Dalgarno
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Name
L.G. Dalgarno
Other names
HOLDSWORTH, Lucie Gertrude
Culture
Australian
Gender
Female
Birth date
6 October 1874
Birth place
Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia View on map Close map
Death date
20 October 1945
Death Place
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia View on map Close map
Movements
Great Britain, Europe 1936-38; United States (1939)
Occupations
Art clothes maker | Decorative / design artist
Summary
Worked: Australia (NSW)
NGA IRN
19898
Context
Australia
Biography
L.G. Dalgarno
Lucie Gertrude Holdsworth was born on 6 October 1874 at Darlinghurst, Sydney. She was known to her family as Gertie. She married Charles Robert Dalgarno, a bank manager, in about 1900 and was widowed in 1912.
Working and exhibiting as L.G. Dalgarno she kept her family by the sale of painted, and batik decorated fabrics, shawls, jackets and other items of clothing and accessories. She also made painted kid jewellery and accessories.
In 1936 she travelled and worked in England and Europe for about two years. In 1939 she travelled extensively throughout the United States, and in Washington had the use of a studio during the summer vacation. In later years she devoted her time to painting.
Working and exhibiting as L.G. Dalgarno she kept her family by the sale of painted, and batik decorated fabrics, shawls, jackets and other items of clothing and accessories. She also made painted kid jewellery and accessories.
In 1936 she travelled and worked in England and Europe for about two years. In 1939 she travelled extensively throughout the United States, and in Washington had the use of a studio during the summer vacation. In later years she devoted her time to painting.
Dalgarno died in Sydney on 20 October 1945.
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