Illustration of two women for magazine cover, by Martin Stainforth

V/371

fonds

approximately 1913-1914

Graphic Materials, Drawings

9666078

1 drawing - pastel and gouache on art board - 51 x 34 cm

British-born artist Martin Stainforth (1866-1957) came to Australia in around 1908, eventually settling in Sydney where he leased a studio in the Norwich Chambers building on Hunter Street. He established a reputation internationally as a leading painter of thoroughbred racehorses and in Australia he secured commissions from key members of the racing establishment. He was a commercial illustrator as well, with his work appearing in publications such as The Lone Hand. In around 1928 Stainforth left Australia for New Zealand, then England and the United States. He died in Sussex, England in 1957.

References:
'Local Art. National Gallery. Artists' grievance'. Sydney Morning Herald, 12 July 1923, p.8.
Rutledge, Martha. 'Stainforth, Martin Frank (1866–1957)'. Australian Dictionary of Biography. Accessed 6 December 2022. https://adb.anu.edu.au

Stainforth's drawing for a magazine cover depicts two women in fashionable Edwardian dress. One woman is seated, demurely looking down, while the other leans towards her.

In copyright:
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder

Title devised by cataloguer

Signed centre right, 'M. Stainforth'

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