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Lesbia Thorpe was born on 15 March, 1919 in Elsternwick, Victoria, is an Australian artist. Discover Lesbia Thorpe's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 90 years old?
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90 years old |
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15 March, 1919 |
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15 March |
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Elsternwick, Victoria |
| Date of death |
2009 |
| Died Place |
Ninderry, Queensland |
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Australia
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Lesbia Thorpe Height, Weight & Measurements
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She is currently single. She is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about She's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, She has no children.
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Lesbia Thorpe Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Lesbia Thorpe worth at the age of 90 years old? Lesbia Thorpe’s income source is mostly from being a successful artist. She is from Australia. We have estimated Lesbia Thorpe's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Lesbia Thorpe (in private life Lee Baldwin) (1919–2009) was an Australian artist, possibly best known for her printmaking.
From 1931 to 1937 Thorpe studied under Dattilo Rubbo, and was elected in 1937 to the Painter-Etchers Society and in 1943 to the Royal Art Society.
She was a finalist in the 1938 Archibald Prize, with two works: Mrs Havelock Southwick and Miss Rose Broit.
Works by Thorpe are held in the National Gallery of Australia (131 works), the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery of UWA, the National Gallery of Victoria (7 works), and in the John Passmore Museum of Art (Wrobel Art Collection).
From 1941, Thorpe executed murals and theatre sets for the Independent Theatre and the Theatre Royal in 1944 with William Constable, as well as executing murals for the Stage Door Canteen, Sydney.
Known as Lee Thorpe when working for the ABC, Thorpe was a freelance interviewer and host for ABC’s Women’s Session radio in the 1950s.
In 1953 she studied printmaking with Gertrude Hermes at the Central School of Art and Design in London.
In 1954 she was elected an associate member of the Society of Wood Engravers of Great Britain.
Thorpe also travelled to Malta in 1955 to perform a radio show for the BBC in 1955.
Interested in theatre, Thorpe performed for a couple of years with Doris Fitton at the Independent Theatre.
In the Summer Olympics of 1956 held in Melbourne, Thorpe exhibited in the Olympic Fine Arts Exhibition under the Drawings and Prints category with the lino-cut Emu Chicks which was bought by the Art Gallery of Western Australia in the same year.
She won the Maud Vizard Wholoham Print Prize in 1958 and 1964.
While in 1960, on a second visit to London, she was elected a member of the Royal Graphic Art Society.
In a long life of making art, Thorpe also illustrated books ("People of the Dreamtime", "The Cruise of the Roebuck"), and made theatre sets and was still holding exhibitions in 1994.
