About Nancy Borlase
Lived 1914 – 2006 (aged 92). Nancy Borlase was an Australian and New Zealand painter.
Nancy Wilmot Borlase (24 March 1914 – 11 September 2006) was a New Zealand-born Australian artist, known for her landscape-based abstract paintings and portraits, and as an art critic and commentator. Her work is displayed in the National Gallery of Australia and other major galleries.
Biography Born in Taihape, New Zealand, in 1914, Borlase was 16, when she decided that art was her calling and shifted to Christchurch, where she studied at Canterbury College School of Art under Francis Shurrock. 2000 – Winner of the Portia Geach Memorial Award
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Who was Nancy Borlase?
Australian artist (1914-2006)
When was Nancy Borlase born?
Nancy Borlase was born on 24 March 1914 in Taihape.
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Nancy Borlase died on 11 September 2006 in Sydney.
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Nancy Borlase was a painter.
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Nancy Borlase was Australian and New Zealand.
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