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Jo Oliver Jo Oliver i(A114350 works by)
Born: Established: 1960 ;
Gender: Female
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1 y separately published work icon Adelaide Perry : Artist and Teacher Jo Oliver , Sydney : Australian Scholarly Publishing , 2022 25554412 2022 single work biography 'Adelaide Perry was part of the Modernist art movement in Australia and one of the innovative women printmakers between the wars. This biography explores her life and work over a period when the lives of women changed radically. Adelaide studied at the National Gallery School in Melbourne and won the travelling scholarship in 1920 to study at the Royal Academy of Art in London. She taught fi rst at Julian Ashton's Sydney School of Art before establishing the Adelaide Perry School of Drawing and Painting where she mentored a number of significant Australian artists. The Adelaide Perry Gallery has been named in her honour and holds the prestigious Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing each year, continuing this remarkable Australian woman artist and teacher's legacy.' (Publication summary)
1 y separately published work icon Jessie Traill : A Biography Jo Oliver , Melbourne : Australian Scholarly Publishing , 2020 18424947 2020 single work biography

'This biography explores the remarkable life of Jessie Traill – artist, traveller, humanitarian and independent spirit. From the ten-year-old who first met Tom Roberts painting on the shores of Port Phillip Bay, to a student of Frederick McCubbin and etchers John Mather and Frank Brangwyn, Jessie developed her professional skills. She interrupted her career to work as a voluntary nurse in France during World War I, later raising funds for and revisiting war-torn Europe. She also became one of Australia’s most outstanding etchers, working in a field uncommon for women of her time. Through diary extracts, descriptions of her world travels and personal letters we hear her voice and see through her eyes, beauty, humour and the joys of simple living.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
1 2 y separately published work icon The Dreaming Tree Jo Oliver , Jo Oliver (illustrator), Frenchs Forest : New Frontier , 2016 9286157 2016 selected work single work poetry picture book children's

'Free-verse poems celebrate the joy and freedom of being a child in the Australian landscape. ' (Publication summary)
1 From Harkaway to Amiens : Jessie Traill’s War Jo Oliver , 2016 single work biography
— Appears in: The La Trobe Journal , September no. 98 2016; (p. 108-123)
1 3 y separately published work icon The Light Jo Oliver , Frenchs Forest : New Frontier , 2013 5995908 2013 single work children's

'In a lighthouse on an island in the sea, love and music holds a family close and creates a safe haven for others.' (Publication summary)
1 2 y separately published work icon Tatiara Jo Oliver , Jo Oliver (illustrator), Frenchs Forest : New Frontier , 2010 Z1703387 2010 single work picture book children's 'A girl and a seal become friends in a sheltered bay and, in time, healing comes to each of them.' (From the publisher's website.)
1 3 y separately published work icon Pilgrim Jo Oliver , Jo Oliver (illustrator), Frenchs Forest : New Frontier , 2008 Z1484654 2008 single work picture book children's

'Pilgrim is the story of a Father and Son sharing precious moments together as they embark on their first fishing trip. Pilgrim is their boat and it was built by the Grandfather, an Anzac. There are memorial references throughout this book which makes it a perfect gift for Anzac Day.'
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