Name

Rachel Roxburgh

Culture

Australian

Gender

Female

Birth date

21 September 1915

Birth place

Australia View on map Close map

Death date

13 April 1991

Death Place

Moss Vale, New South Wales, Australia View on map Close map

Occupations

Art historian | Art teacher | Ceramic artist | Decorative / design artist

Summary

Worked: Australia (NSW)

NGA IRN

22402

Context

Australia

Biography

Rachel Roxburgh

Rachel Mary Roxburgh was born on 21 September 1915. The daughter of a bank manager, she trained as an artist at East Sydney Technical College before attending classes held by Adelaide Perry. During World War II she begrudgingly abandoned her artistic career to train as a nurse and worked in military hospitals. After the war she travelled to England and attended classes at the London Central School and the Hammersmith Art School, where she befriended the painter David Strachan and the designer Michael O'Connell. After her return to Australia she worked as a teacher of art and crafts.

 

Rachel Roxburgh was a founding member of the National Trust of Australia (NSW). In 1974 her Early Colonial Houses of New South Wales was published by Landsdowne Press. Its lively text is illustrated with her measured drawings. Rachel Roxburgh died at Moss Vale, NSW on 13 April 1991