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Edith Holmes (1893 – 1973) Studied at the Hobart Technical College under Lucien Dechaineux and Mildred Lovett between 1918-31, and in 1935 (where notable fellow artists included Eileen Crow, Jean Bellette, Amie Kingston, Harriette Corrigan and Dorothy Stoner), and at Julian Ashton’s Art School, Sydney under Henry Gibbons and Julian Ashton 1930-31. There she also met Thea Proctor (who occasionally gave classes in design) and George Lambert.
In the mid 1930s she shared a studio in Collins Street, Hobart with her friends Violet Vimpany, Mildred Lovett, Ethel M Nicholls, Florence Rodway and Dorothy Stoner…
Ref Hendrik Kolenberg Edith Holmes Dorothy Stoner Two Retrospectives Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery 1983
Label verso ‘W.E.Fuller/ Bookseller/ and Librarian/ 103 Collins St Hobart’ Fullers Bookshop was established in 1920, after the First World War, by W. E. (Bill) Fuller. Bill was previously associated with Walches and the booksellers Oldham, Beddom and Meredith (OBM), but eventually set up on his own shop. Fullers Bookshop became a central part of the bookselling and cultural scene in Tasmania, including some art exhibitions. Bill published a Tasmanian Miscellany in the early 1930s, believed to be Fullers’ first publication.
In 1961 the shop was taken over by Cedric and Ian Pearce, famous not only as booksellers but also as jazz musicians. As Hobart grew and rents and locations became difficult, the shop became migratory; in Collins Street before the Cat and Fiddle development, and then to Cat and Fiddle. Later the business was purchased by Ian Drinkwater in 1980 and moved to Murray St in 1981.
Ref Fullers Bookshop/ History