Nornie Gude facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Nornie Gude
|
|
|---|---|
 |
|
| Born |
Eleanor Constance Gude
December 8, 1915 Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
|
| Died | January 24, 2002 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
|
| Education | National Gallery School |
| Known for | Painting |
| Spouse(s) | L. Scott Pendlebury |
Nornie Gude (born December 8, 1915 – died January 24, 2002) was a talented Australian artist. She was known for her amazing paintings and won many important awards throughout her life.
Early Life and Education
Nornie Gude was born in 1915 in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. Her father, Walter Gude, was a musician and violin teacher. Nornie and her sister, Gilda, grew up in Ballarat. Later, they moved to Melbourne just before World War II started.
Nornie showed great artistic talent from a young age. At just 15, she was accepted into the Ballarat Technical Art School. She studied there from 1931 to 1936. She even won a special award called the MacRobertson Scholarship, which helped her continue her art studies.
After Ballarat, Nornie went to the National Gallery School from 1936 to 1939. There, she studied alongside famous artists like Sidney Nolan. She made history by becoming the first woman to win the National Gallery Students Travelling Scholarship. This award helped her travel and learn even more about art.
Painting Career
Nornie Gude won many awards for her paintings, both during her school years and throughout her career. In 1958, she went on a special trip to England and Europe to study art. Other artists described her work as "slick and clever." She showed her paintings with important art groups like the Victorian Artists Society and the Australian Water Color Institute in Sydney.
Nornie met her husband, Laurence Scott Pendlebury, who was also a painter, while they were studying at the Gallery School. They had two children, Anne and Andrew, who also became interested in art. The family lived in Caulfield, where Nornie had her own studio to paint.
Nornie once shared an interesting thought about art: "You spend your first 20 years learning the technique and the next 20 years losing it." This means that artists spend a lot of time learning how to paint, and then they learn to paint more freely.
Her beautiful artworks are kept in many important places. You can find them at the National Gallery of Victoria, Parliament House, and the Art Gallery of Western Australia. Her paintings are also in regional galleries like the Ballarat, Geelong, Castlemaine Art Museum, and Bendigo.
Nornie Gude passed away peacefully at her home in Hawthorn on January 24, 2002.
Awards and Recognition
Nornie Gude received many awards for her artistic talent:
- 1941 - National Gallery School Landscape Prize
- 1948 - F. E. Richardson Prize (Geelong Art Gallery)
- 1951 - F. E. Richardson Prize
- 1953 - Perth Art Gallery Prize
- 1958 - Voss Smith Prize
- 1970 - Pring Prize
- 1988 - Doug Moran Naval Prize
- 1990 - Doug Moran National Portrait Prize
Images for kids
-
Visiting artist to paint in Brisbane, Courier-Mail, 23 May 1942
