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Off her own bat

Joanna Gilmour profiles Violet Teague, whose sophisticated works hid her originality and non-conformity in plain sight.

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Portrait of a Pioneer , 1917 Violet Teague
Portrait of a Pioneer , 1917
Violet Teague. Castlemaine Art Museum.
Gift of the artist, 1940
The boy with the palette, 1911 Violet Teague
The boy with the palette, 1911
Violet Teague. National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.
Gift of US Teague 1976. © Violet Teague Archive, courtesy Felicity Druce
Cynthia and Count Brusiloff , 1917 Violet Teague
Cynthia and Count Brusiloff , 1917 Violet Teague. National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. Purchased, 1954. Photo: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Portrait [Sybella Teague], 1901 Violet Teague
Portrait [Sybella Teague], 1901
Violet Teague. National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. Purchased, 1959.
Photo: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Portrait of Millicent, Duchess of Sutherland , 1904 John Singer Sargent
Portrait of Millicent, Duchess of Sutherland , 1904 John Singer Sargent. Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid. © Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid
Eccleston Du Faur
Eccleston Du Faur, 1911 Violet Teague
Mrs Robert Abbe (Catherine Amory Bennett), 1898–99 Cecilia Beaux
Mrs Robert Abbe (Catherine Amory Bennett), 1898–99 Cecilia Beaux. Brooklyn Museum. Gift of Mr and Mrs MR Schweitzer 1999
Margaret Alice , 1900 Violet Teague
Margaret Alice , 1900 Violet Teague. Art Gallery of New South Wales. Purchased 2017 with funds provided by the Australian Masterpiece Fund, including the following major donors: Barbara Gole (in memory of), Antoinette Albert, Anita & Luca Belgiorno-Nettis am, Andrew Cameron am & Cathy Cameron, Krystyna Campbell-Pretty & the late Harold Campbell-Pretty, Rowena Danziger am & Ken Coles am, Kiera Grant, Alexandra Joel & Philip Mason, Carole Lamerton & John Courtney, Alf Moufarrige ao, Elizabeth Ramsden, Susan Rothwell, Denis Savill, Penelope Seidler am, Denyse Spice, Georgie Taylor, Max & Nola Tegel, Ruth Vincent. Image © Art Gallery of New South Wales
Dian dreams (Una Falkiner), 1909 Violet Teague
Dian dreams (Una Falkiner), 1909 Violet Teague. Art Gallery of New South Wales. Gift of the sitter's daughter, Lawre Bruce Steer 1975. Image © Art Gallery of New South Wales
The staff, Prisoner of War Section, Australian Red Cross, London [Mary Chomley in centre], between 1915 and 1918 Walshams (photographer)
The staff, Prisoner of War Section, Australian Red Cross, London [Mary Chomley in centre], between 1915 and 1918 Walshams (photographer). State Library of Victoria, Melbourne
Mary Chomley
Mary Chomley, 1909 Violet Teague
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