Frances Duffy Australia, 1927-96.
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About Frances Duffy
The earliest influence in Frances Duffy's life was the Lindsay arts family in Creswick, Victoria, where she lived from 1939 to 1949. The Lindsays saw her potential, and in 1940, at age 13, she began lessons with Isobel Lindsay in the Lindsay home and studio. The Lindsays fired her passion for painting, setting her off on that career. At sixteen, Frances Duffy held her first exhibition of watercolours in Creswick, and commenced studies under May Grigg and Geoff Mainwaring, an official war artist, at the Ballarat School of Mines (School of Art). She then studied in Melbourne under Sir William Dargie at the National Gallery School for three years from 1949-1951, learning the tonal impressionist painting techniques of Max Meldrum; then three more years with Dargie's select group of private students. Painters training in Dargie's studio at the time included Fred Williams, John Brack, Shirley Bourne, Ray Horsfield and Laurie Dawes. In 1972 Frances Duffy won the Tom Roberts award for her painting "Woman in a Black Dress". Frances is inspired by the French impressionist painters including Monet, Manet and Vuillard. Their use of colour, soft tones, and light is evident in her work.
In our database, 8 works by Frances Duffy are listed as being offered for sale, the earliest in 1994, of which 6 (75%) were sold. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2011.
Frances Duffy is not listed in any of the standard biographical references listed on our references page.
Artists' Resale Royalty
Could the second and subsequent works by this artist sold after June 9, 2010 for over $1,000 be liable for the Artists' Resale Royalty? More info…
No, ineligible. The artist has been deceased for more than 70 years.
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