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Esther Gwendolyn "Stella" Bowen (1893–1947) was an Australian artist and writer. Early career. Bowen was born in North Adelaide, an inner suburb of Adelaide, South Australia, [1] and educated at Tormore House School. As a young girl, Bowen enjoyed drawing and convinced her mother to allow her to study with Margaret Preston.
Stella Bowen (* 16. Mai 1893 in Adelaide, South Australia; † 30. Oktober 1947 in London; bürgerlicher Name: Esther Gwendolyn Bowen) war eine australische Malerin und Schriftstellerin. 1944/1945 arbeitete sie in Großbritannien als Kriegsmalerin im Auftrag des Australian War Memorial.
Bowen met English novelist Ford Madox Ford in October 1917, three years after she moved to London from Adelaide to pursue her artistic career. A veteran of the First World War, Ford returned to England jaded and shell-shocked. At 19 years his junior Bowen provided a ray of hope for the future.
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Stella Bowen. 1893 – 1947. Stella Bowen, painter and writer, grew up in Adelaide, where she studied with Margaret Preston. She left Adelaide in 1914 to live in England and France for the rest of her life.
Stella Bowen is best known in Australia for the works of art she completed while an official war artist. During the Second World War, Bowen worked in Britain depicting the activities of Bomber Command and the return of Prisoners of War from Germany.
GalleryCityStateStartAustralian War MemorialCanberraACT15 March 2002Art Gallery of South AustraliaAdelaideSA17 July 2002Ian Potter Museum of ArtMelbourneVIC9 October 2002Mornington Peninsula Regional GalleryMornington PeninsulaSA11 December 2002Stella Bowen (* 16. Mai 1893 in Adelaide, South Australia; † 30. Oktober 1947 in London; bürgerlicher Name: Esther Gwendolyn Bowen) war eine australische Malerin und Schriftstellerin. 1944/1945 arbeitete sie in Großbritannien als Kriegsmalerin im Auftrag des Australian War Memorial.
Esther Gwendolyn (Stella) Bowen (1893-1947), portrait painter and official war artist, was born on 16 May 1893 at North Adelaide, daughter of Thomas Hopkins Bowen (d.1896), surveyor, and his wife Esther Eliza, née Perry (d.1913). She was known in Adelaide as Estelle and in London as Stella.
