Joy Hester

Joy Hester was an Australian artist who lived a tumultuous, uncompromising and tragic life. She played an important, though often underrated role in the development of Australian modernism. Hester was born in the Melbourne suburb of Elsternwick in Victoria on August 12 1920.

References

Janine Burke, Australian Women Artists 1840-1940, Greenhouse, Melbourne, 1980

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Janine Burke, Joy Hester, Greenhouse Publications, Melbourne 1985.

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Alan & Susan McCulloch, The Encyclopedia of Australian Art, Allen & Unwin, 1994.

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