McCrae, Marjorie

Also known as
McCrae, Marjory Francesca (1905-1990)
Field of activity
Cartoonist, Illustrator and Journalist; Painting; Black & white art; Design (product, commercial, industrial, environmental, landscape)
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http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-775051

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Mahdi McCrae, great-granddaughter of Georgina McCrae, was a painter, cartoonist and commercial artist of some renown who had a keen eye for critiquing Sydney society. Norman Lindsay, a close friend of her parents, taught her how to draw. He admired her work greatly, stating that her teenage efforts, many of which were published in Aussie magazine, showed an 'extraordinary delicacy of line and virility of form.' As her reputation grew, her work became more widely published. Throughout the 20s and 30s her drawings were reproduced in Home, Woman, Melbourne Punch and the Bulletin.

  • c. 1920 - c. 1940 Career in journalism active

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Mid 20th century painter, cartoonist and commercial artist. Her parents' great friend Norman Lindsay taught her to draw and throughout the course of her career she contributed to many publications including the Bulletin, Home, Aussie, Woman and Smith's Weekly.

painter, cartoonist and commercial artist, was born in Sydney on 28 November 1905, second of the three daughters of the poet, illustrator and cartoonist Hugh McCrae and his first wife, Annie Geraldine (Nancy) Adams. Georgiana McCrae was her great-grandmother and the poet Dorothy (Dorothea?) McCrae (Mrs ...

Flourished

  • fl. 1918-ca. 1990

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Australian Women's Register

  1. The Women's Pages: Australian Women and Journalism since 1850
    Australian Women's Archives Project
    [2008]
    Published: Australian Women's Archives Project
    Series: http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/cal/cal-home.html
  2. Heritage : the national women's art book, 500 works by 500 Australian women artists from colonial times to 1955
    Kerr, Joan
    [1995]
    Published: Craftsman House

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    The Mail (Adelaide, SA : 1912 - 1954) Saturday 7 March 1931 Supplement: YOUNG PEOPLE'S SUPPLEMENT p 2 Family Notices
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