Joy Hester
Joy St Clair Hester (21 August 1920 — 4 December 1960) was an Australian artist who played an important, though sometimes underrated, role in the development of Australian modernism, though her works could also be considered Abstract Expressionism.
Hester was born in Elsternwick. She studied art from an early age, and at 17 was enrolled in Commercial Art at Brighton Technical School. She then attended the National Gallery School in Melbourne.
Read more about Joy Hester: Heide Period, Return To Melbourne, Death, Exhibitions
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