Agency:
Elspeth Vaughan (Artist and Educator)
Agency Number:
Start Date:
06 Jan 1926
End Date:
20 Mar 2020
Description:
Elspeth Phyllis Vaughan (later Elspeth Hope-Johnstone) was born in Hobart in 1926. Along with her two sisters, she attended The Friends School. She trained and worked as a kindergarten teacher in Melbourne. Upon her return to Tasmania she taught at the Augusta Road Kindergarten and at Lady Gowrie in Battery Point, where she was director for several years. In 1953 she was appointed Supervisor of Pre-School Education in the Tasmanian Education Department. She also lectured in Early Childhood Education at the former Tasmanian College of Advanced Education. In 1976 she was made a fellow of the Australian College of Education.;;Elspeth painted from an early age, painting in her school years in watercolours with Friends School Headmaster Ernest Unwin. She undertook both formal and informal art training, with tuition from Jack Carington-Smith at the Hobart Art School and several study trips overseas. She exhibited regularly from 1968.;;Elspeth was a core member of the 'Sunday Painters' group of Tasmanian watercolour artists active in the mid-twentieth century. She married Ralph Hope-Johnstone in 1976 and together they spent time overseas travelling and painting. Elspeth was awarded membership of the Order of Australia for services to art, education and public broadcasting. She is a life member of The Art Society of Tasmania. ;;
Information Sources:
Diictionary of Australian Artists Online; NS6009 - Biographical notes
Related Agencies:
Ralph Hope-Johnstone (NG3481) | 27 Jun 1917 | 05 Jun 1989 |
Series Created By Agency:
NS6006 Botanical Drawings | 01 Jan 1930 | 31 Dec 1949 |
NS6012 Records relating to Education and Teaching Career | 25 Aug 1939 | 11 May 1976 |
NS6039 Personal Photographs | 01 Jan 1949 | 30 Apr 2011 |
NS6014 Correspondence | 17 May 1953 | 31 Dec 2015 |
NS6034 Photographs of Paintings by Elspeth Vaughan | 01 Jan 1960 | 31 Dec 2010 |
NS6008 Records of Exhibitions | 01 Nov 1965 | 31 Dec 2015 |
NS6011 Exhibition Reviews | 01 Jan 1966 | 31 Dec 2014 |
NS6013 Notes about Lake Pedder | 01 Jan 1970 | 31 Dec 2014 |
NS6007 Records relating to Ralph Hope-Johnstone | 01 Jan 1972 | 31 Dec 1990 |
NS6009 Biographical Notes | 01 Jan 1978 | 31 Dec 2018 |
NS6005 Records of Community Service, including Investiture | 16 Jul 1982 | 14 Mar 1995 |
NS6035 Interview with Elspeth Vaughan | 19 Jan 1984 | 19 Jan 1984 |
NS6010 Diaries | 05 Sep 1992 | 31 Dec 1999 |