Highton, Clothilde (1914-1980)

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Painting; OTHER; Modeller; Puppet-maker; Theatre artist; Diorama artist
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http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1484939

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Painter, mural painter, modeller, puppet-maker, theatre and diorama artist. Her dioramas were popular and toured extensively in the UK and Australia during the 1950s.

painter, mural painter, modeller, puppet-maker, theatre and diorama artist, was born in Kangaroo Point, Brisbane, daughter of Major D.R. Harris DSM and his wife, Bertha, of the pioneering pastoral Collins family. Clothilde was raised on the family property, Eurara, at Beaudesert. She studied art at the Brisbane Central Technical College under L.J. Harvey and Martyn Collins in the early 1930s, then worked in Sydney for a time. There she met, and in 1940 married, Lieutenant Michael ...

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  • fl. 1946-1963

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  1. Australia's links with the crown / by Clothilde Highton
    Highton, Clothilde
    [ Book : 1954 ]
    At State Library of QLD
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  1. Australia to see dioramas An exhibition of dioramas by Australian artist Mrs. Clothilde Highton, depicting "Coronations Through the Ages," will be shown in Australia to coincide wi...
    The Australian Women's Weekly (1933 - 1982) Wednesday 20 May 1953 p 23 Article Illustrated
    ... Australia. A By SYLVIA CONNICK An . xhibition of dioramas by Australian artist Mrs. Clothilde Highton, ... ?Australia to see dioramas 1 ARTIST Mrs. Clothilde High- ton works on a figure of a Grenadier ... on June 2. Mrs. Highton has carefully modelled it in ac- curate detail. The coach was built in 1762, ... 775 words
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  2. Coronations
    The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954) Thursday 9 July 1953 p 12 Article Illustrated
    ... Coronations Mrs. Clothilde Highton, artist and sculptor, prepares pares for her diorama exhibition hibition of 'Coronations Through the Ages.' The Chief Justice (Sir Mellia Napier) will. open the ex hibition in John Martin's art gallery tomorrow after noon. Mrs. Clothilde Highton, artist and ... 75 words
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  3. KING ON SANDBANK
    The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954) Tuesday 1 September 1953 p 8 Article Illustrated
    ... KING ON SANDBANK Mrs. Clothilde Highton explains the dilemma of Charles I before his C^ >' - />r Royal barge was stuck on a sandbank in the Thames. Her listeners .v Douglas St., New Town (left), and Marion Kortin (5), Kingston. ? - 1 of a number now on view at the Town Hall which depict the ... 63 words
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