Gwendoline L'avance Barringer
Gwen Barringer was born in Adelaide in 1882, a grandniece of James Hazel Adamson, an early amateur South Australian artist. She studied at the South Australian School of Arts and Crafts under H.P. Gill and Archibald Collins, later receiving tuition from Hans Heysen. As well as being on the council of the South Australian Society of Arts for over 30 years, she was also well-known as a teacher.
A traditional watercolourist of lyrical flowers and aesthetic landscapes, Barringer achieved a near record sale for an Australian woman painter at her exhibition in Adelaide in 1928. She always preferred the ideas of her early training, and remained unresponsive to any artistic innovations. She died in Adelaide on 26 August 1960 after a long illness.
For sale is a lovely Barringer watercolour of The Mousehole, Cornwall. It is signed and measures 20.5 x 25.5 cms. It is priced at $500.
The Mousehole, Cornwall
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