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Pegg Clarke

Australian Photographer

Melbourne c.1884 – 1959


Pegg Clarke was a distinguished Australian professional photographer, recognised as a leading figure in Melbourne’s photographic scene during the interwar period - her career peaked during the 1920s and 1930s.

Clarke excelled in society portraiture, children photography, fashion and architectural photography. She was one of the most prominent female photographers of her era, often cited alongside her friend Ruth Hollick.
Her photographs were mainly in a pictorialist style.

Clarke shared a long-term personal and professional partnership with the artist Dora Wilson. From 1923 till 1927 they shared a studio in Linden Hall (403 Glenferrie Road, Malvern). From 1927 until the 1940 they lived and worked at "Rosebank" (476 Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn) opposite Scotch College. They often travelling throughout Australia and Europe to capture landscapes and urban scenes.

 
Sourced Australian Woman's Mirror October 13, 1925

Information above sourced from James McCardle's references mentioned below


 

Resources

Wikipedia entry - largely by James McCardle

Entry in The Australian Women's Registry

2009 Boroondara Coucil exhibition catalogue: Together Again: celebrating the works of Dora Wilson and Pegg Clarke.

1932 Athenaeum Gallery exhibition catalogue

A Selection of photographs by Pegg Clarke

Where are the photographs by Pegg Clarke?

Pages about Ruth Hollick

On This Date in Photography, James McCardle 2021: 26th July Partners

A Different Lens: Pegg Clarke, E. G. Shaw and the History of Australian Women’s Photography, Lorraine Sim 2021

 


* The birth date of c.1884 is based on a shipping record of her boarding in the UK in August 1929
where she states that she is 45 years old.


 

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