Fiveash, Rosa (1854-1938)

Also known as
Fiveash, Rosa Catherine (1854-1938)
Field of activity
Botanical artist; art teacher; botanical artist; Painting; Print; Botanical illustrator; Art teacher
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FIVEASH, ROSA CATHERINE (1854-1938), botanical artist, was born on 22 July 1854 in Adelaide, youngest child of Robert Archibald Fiveash, businessman and superintendent of the Blinman and Yudanamutana copper-mines, and his wife Margaret, née Rees. She was trained by Miss A. Benham and at the Adelaide School of Art and Design in 1881-88, and then taught art privately and at Tormore House School in North Adelaide for many years. In 1882 Rosa was invited to illustrate The Forest Flora of South Australia by John Ednie Brown. Nine parts of this work, which was never completed, were published in 1882-90. Each one contained five attractive lithographs of native plants and Rosa drew 32 of the 45 published; they were drawn as specimens came to hand, in no particular botanical order.

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While studing at the Adelaide School of Design under H P Gill, Principal, and Louis Tannert, Master of the School of Painting, Rosa Fiveash chose to specialise in painting Australian flora. She was commissioned by the conservator of forests, John Ednie Brown, to illustrate his Forest Flora of Australia and orchidologist R S Rogers to illustrate his works on South Australian orchids. The Botanic Gardens of Adelaide and the State Herbarium have a collection of her original flower paintings. It was Fiveash who introduced the art of china painting to Adelaide.

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A painter and etcher who lived her whole life in North Adelaide. An accomplished botanical illustrator and flower painter Fiveash was also a pioneer of china painting, responsible for introducing the technique to Adelaide.

painter, etcher, china painter, botanical illustrator and teacher, was born on 22 July 1854 in the family home, Gable House, North Adelaide.This entry is a stub. You can help DAAO by submitting a biography.

Flourished

  • fl. 1881-ca. 1934

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Rosa Catherine Fiveash illustrated numerous publications on South Australian flora including J.E. Brown's "The Forest Flora of South Australia" (1882-90).

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Australian Dictionary of Biography Online

Australian Women's Register

  1. The Forest Flora of South Australia
    Brown, John Ednie
    [1882]
    Published: Government Printer
  2. Australian Orchids: A Collection of Paintings
    Fiveash, Rosa
    [1974]
    Published: Rigby
  3. The South Australian Naturalist
    Field Naturalists Society of South Australia
    [1919-]
  4. Rosa Fiveash (1854-1938)Australian Garden History 7 6 12 : Rosa Fiveash (1854-1938)
    Steele Scott, Chris
    [1996]
  5. Fiveash, Rosa Catherine (1854 - 1938), Biographical EntryBright Sparcs : Fiveash, Rosa Catherine (1854 - 1938), Biographical Entry
    [2002]
    Published: Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
    Series: http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/biogs/P001058b.htm
  6. An Introduction to the Study of South Australian Orchids
    Rogers, R.S.
    [1911]
    Published: South Australian Education Department
  7. Where are the Women in Australian science?
    Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
    [2003]
    Published: Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
    Series: http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/wisa/wisa.html
  8. 200 Australian Women: A Redress Anthology
    Radi, Heather
    [1988]
    Published: Women's Redress Press
  9. Fiveash, Rosa Catherine (1854-1938)Australian Dictionary of Biography Online : Fiveash, Rosa Catherine (1854-1938)
    Sims, Eric B.
    [2006]
    Published: Australian National University
    Series: http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A080538b.htm
  10. Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science: Australian Botanists
    List of botanists, collectors or artists. Short biographies, averaging 2 pages.
    MS 64

Encyclopedia of Australian Science

  1. Rosa Catherine FiveashSouth Australian Naturalist 49 3 44-47 : Rosa Catherine Fiveash
    Sims, E.
    [1975]
  2. 200 Australian Women: a Redress Anthology
    Radi, H.
    [1988]
    Published: Women's Redress Press Inc
  3. Fiveash, Rosa Catherine (1854-1938)Australian Dictionary of Biography Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 8 517-518 : Fiveash, Rosa Catherine (1854-1938)
    Sims, Eric B.
    [1981]
    Published: Melbourne University Press
  4. Rosa Fiveash (1854-1938) botanical artist200 Australian Women: A Redress Anthology Heather Radi : Rosa Fiveash (1854-1938) botanical artist
    Gibberd, Joyce
    [1988]
    Published: Women's Redress Press Inc
  5. Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science: Australian Botanists - Biographies
    Hunt Institute Biographies.Short biographies, averaging 2 pages, of Australian botanists, botanical collectors or artists.
    MS 64

Resources by Rosa Fiveash (3)

  1. Australian orchids : a collection of paintings / by Rosa Fiveash ; With text by Noel Lothian
    Fiveash, Rosa, 1854-1938
    [ Book : 1974-1982 ]
    At 64 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 54.678)

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  2. Rosa Fiveash's Australian orchids : a collection of paintings by Rosa Fiveash / with text by Noel Lothian
    Fiveash, Rosa, 1854-1938
    [ Book : 1974 ]
    At 4 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 20.883)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 20.883)

  3. Rosa Fiveash's Australian orchids : a collection of paintings / with text by Noel Lothian
    Fiveash, Rosa, 1854-1938
    [ Book : 1974 ]
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 10.734)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 10.734)

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  1. Australian orchids : a collection of paintings / by Rosa Fiveash ; With text by Noel Lothian
    Fiveash, Rosa, 1854-1938
    [ Book : 1974-1982 ]
    At 64 libraries
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  2. [Biographical cuttings on Rosa Catherine Fiveash, artist, containing one or more cuttings from newspapers or journals]
    [ Published : 1900-1990 ]
    At National Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 21.071)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 21.071)

  3. Rosa Catherine Fiveash [Deryck Skinner]
    Skinner, Deryck
    [ Book : 2001 ]
    At Barr Smith Library
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  4. Orchids : an exhibition of a selection of the books on orchids from the Library's collection, September 8th-December 8th, 1978
    Barr Smith Library
    [ Book : 1978 ]
    At Barr Smith Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 3.654)

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