Letters of Henrietta Gulliver, c1928-1945

Component identifier:

Series 5

Content Summary:

On her return to Australia in 1918, Hilda met Henrietta Gulliver, a still life and landscape painter in Melbourne. Gulliver (known to Hilda as "Koala") was at one time President of the Women's Art Club (formed in 1902 and today known as the Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors) and one of the original members of Twenty Melbourne Painters (formed in 1918). She became a surrogate mother figure to Hilda and helped rekindle her interest in her career. They remained friends until Gulliver's death in 1945. This series comprises letters written by Gulliver to Hilda.

Immediate source of acquisition:

The papers were donated by Hilda Rix Nicholas Wright's son, Rix Wright, in 2003.

Names:

Wright, Rix

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