Bassett, Florence Hildegarde   (1888 - 1948)

Watercolorist Hidegarde Harris was born in Victoria where she married Arthur Wakefield Bassett and came to Western Australia with her husband. She is known to have painted small panels of wildflowers, which were exhibited in Melbourne at the Women's Work Exhibition organised by Lady Northcote in 1907.

Exhibitions: First Australian Exhibition of Women's Work in Victoria, 1907.
Wildflowers in Art AGWA 1991.
Collections: Holmes a Court Collection.

Example of artwork:

Anigozanthos viridis

Source: pers.com. Dorothy Erickson (10/4/2013)
Gooding, Janda. Wildflowers in Art Perth: AGWA, 1991, pp. 52-3.
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