Dawn Sime

Dawn Sime (1 June 1932 – 28 May 2001), who was also known as Dawn Frances Sloggett and Dawn Westbrook, was an abstract painter who was part of the expressionist movement in Melbourne in the late 1950s and 1960s.[1] A pioneer of abstraction at the time, she was among only a few in the field[2][3] She spent most of her life in Melbourne and died in Castlemaine.[1][4][5][6]

  1. ^ a b "Dawn Sime :: biography at :: at Design and Art Australia Online". www.daao.org.au. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Another Look: Six Women Artists of the 1950s". Artlink Magazine. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  3. ^ Kinnane, Gary (22 August 1992). "Nature's spirit reaps benefits". The Age.
  4. ^ "Dawn Sime (b.1932, d.2001)". Castlemaine Art Museum Collection Online. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Castlemaine State Festival: – Opening of Dawn Sime: Hidden Treasures – Frances Lindsay [director of University of Melbourne Art Galleries] & Dawn Sime, November 1996 [picture]". Trove. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Dawn Sime". Heide Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 6 March 2021.