Marjorie Woolcock

Marjorie Woolcock (1898–5 March 1998 ) was an Australian painter and sculptor.

Early life and training Born in Ivanhoe to Robena Black and Frederick Woolcock, as one of three sisters, Marjorie grew up learning the piano and experimenting with art. She was schooled at Presbyterian Ladies College.

Woolcock would travel south from her home to sketch in Mordialloc, where she once had a chance encounter with the artist Margaret Baskerville.

Her art training was far from formal, with private lessons from Frederick George Reynolds, and George Bell.

She first developed her formal technique at sculpting, attending life class at the Victorian Artists' Society, and sculpture at the Workingmen's College (later known as the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology). It wasn't until later that she studied painting, with her style being heavily influenced by Arnold Shore.

In 1953 Marjorie took part in a spring exhibition at the Victorian Artists' Society which featured women as more than half the exhibitors shown. She was joined at this show by fellow artists Esther Paterson and Ola Cohn. Melbourne Society of Women Painters, Athenaeum Gallery, 1941 Victorian Artists' Society, Eastern Hill, 1944 Melbourne Society of Women Painters, Athenaeum Gallery, 1945 Marjorie Woolcock and Jessie Mackintosh, Athenaeum Gallery, 1946 Ballet Society exhibition, 1948 Melbourne Contemporary Artists, Eastern Hill, 1949 Melbourne Society of Women Painters, Athenaeum Gallery, 1950 Victorian Artists' Society, spring 1950 Victorian Artists' Society, 1954

Collections

Yachts at Dromana (1970), National Gallery of Victoria Castlemaine Art Museum (two works)