RICKARDS, JOCELYN (1924-2005)

“Flowers In A White Vase" (1947)
oil on board
44 x 28.5cm
unsigned
*exhibited at Macquarie Galleries, October 1948
 
Rickards is a celebrated Australian artist, Theatre & Film costume designer. Originally from Melbourne, she was a foundation member of 'The Charm School', or Merioola Group of modernist artists, who occupied a Victorian-era mansion in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs. The collective included other prominent artists including William Dobell, Russell Drysdale, Jeffrey Smart, Jean Bellette, Donald Friend and Margaret Olley to name a few. Here she met famous costume designer, Loudon Sainthill who introduced her to costume illustration and design. Both Sainthill and Rickards travelled to Postwar London in 1949, where she springboarded from West End Theatre productions, to designing costumes for large Hollywood Films including 'From Russia With Love', 'Blow-Up' and was nominated for an Academy Award for 'Morgan' (1967).