Dora Meeson

1 portrait of Dora Meeson

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Dora Meeson

by Lafayette
half-plate nitrate negative, 28 November 1933
Given by Pinewood Studios via Victoria and Albert Museum, 1989
Photographs Collection
NPG x48613

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  • Dora Meeson (1869-1955), Artist. Sitter in 1 portrait.

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Current affairs

Sir Norman Angell is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Angell was recognised for his book, Europe's Optical Illusion (or The Great Illusion) first published in 1910 and updated in 1933, which argued that war between modern powers was futile as neither the looser or victor would gain economically from it.

Art and science

British Art embraces abstraction with the establishment of 'Unit 1', the first group of British Artists dedicated to producing abstract art. The critic Herbert Read formed the group by bringing together the artists Ben Nicholson, Barbara Hepworth, Henry Moore, Paul Nash and the architect, Wells Coates.
The Duveen Wing extension at the National Portrait Gallery is opened by King George V.

International

The Nazi party comes to power in Germany as part of a coalition government with Hitler as Chancellor. Over the next year, the party consolidated its position through the Enabling Act (allowing them to pass legislation without the support of the coalition), by banning and purging opposition, and by making Hitler Führer in 1934: granting him the combined powers of Chancellor and President.

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Dr Pamela Gerrish Nunn

15 August 2019, 03:10

Dora Meeson 1869-1955, artist and suffragist, born Melbourne. Family emigrated from England to Australia 1850s, returned England 1870s, thence to New Zealand, Melbourne, and London 1896.
Married to George Coates, artist, 1903. Res. Chelsea from 1906. Greatly involved in war work 1914-18 (see "1916 - leaving for the front", Ballarat Fine Art Gallery). Visited Australia 1921. Still painting during Seond World War (see holdings of Australian War Memorial).
Ref Peers and Hammond, Completing the Picture, 1992 and other sources on Australian women artists.