Artist's Descendants Visit the Victorian Artists Society
Elizabeth Parsons great, great, grand-daughter views the Victorian Artists Society Permanent Collection.
'Daylesford 1885' by Elizabeth Parsons, Watercolour
This watercolour is part of the Victorian Artists Society Permanent Collection.
Elizabeth Parsons
Born England 1831, arrived Australia 1870, died 1897.
Elizabeth was a pioneer for women artists of the 1870s and regularly contributed to the exhibitions held by the Victorian Academy of Arts.
In 1875, she was elected, against considerable opposition and voicing of disapproval from her male counterparts, as the first woman Council Member of the Victorian Academy of Arts, Eastern Hill, later the Victorian Artists' Society, paving the way for other professional women artists to be accepted on future executive positions.
Robyn Parsons at the Victorian Artists Society with the Elizabeth Parsons watercolour titled 'Daylesford 1885'.
Left: Ron Smith, Council member of the Victorian Artists Society; Robyn Parsons, great, great grand-daughter of Elizabeth Parsons; Dianne Graham and David Graham on the Victorian Artists Society's
historic staircase.
The Victorian Artists Society - VAS GALLERY
430 Albert Street, East Melbourne
Tel: (03) 9662 1484
Gallery Viewing Hours
Monday to Friday 10am to 4pm
Saturday and Sunday 1pm to 4pm.
All Enquiries:
Victorian Artists Society Office - (03) 9662 1484
Media Enquiries:
Ron Smith OAM Hon FVAS, Victorian Artists Society - Mobile: 0417 329 201
Acknowledgment of traditional owners.
We would like to pay our respects to the traditional owners of the land on which our building stands, their leaders, past, present and emerging.