Research Paper On Florence Broadhurst

Birth: 28 July 1899, Mungy Station, Queensland
Death: 15 October 1977, Sydney. She was bludgeoned to death with a large piece of timber in her Paddington studio, her fingers found broken, and her body battered. The murder was never solved, but there has been some speculation that she was a victim of the serial killer, John Wayne Glover.
Florence Broadhurst, known for her exquisite wallpaper and fabric designs which are world renowned today, was an Australian designer who grew up on a cattle farm in rural Queensland. She was the fourth surviving child of William and Margaret Broadhurst. There is not a known record of Florence Broadhurst’s schooling: education in Australia was introduced over two hundred years ago, so one could assume that she

At this point in time, she changed her name to Bobby Broadhurst. In 1926, she established the Broadhurst Academy in Shanghai, offering tuition in violin, pianoforte, voice production, banjolele playing, modern ballroom dancing, classical dancing, musical culture and journalism. At the age of 28, she sustained a serious head injury in a car accident and moved to England. In 1929, she married a wealthy Percy Kann and once again reinvented herself as Madame Pellier. Florence changed her accent, her history and the scene to suit the character she was

She was a foundation member of the Art Gallery Society of New South Wales and a member of the Society of Interior Designers of Australia, was a teacher of printmaking and sculpture at the National Art School and was also involved in a variety of charitable activities.
In 1977, after her death, her prints become a thing of the past: her works were almost forgotten. However, the company Signature prints, the custodians of her work have reincarnated Florence’s artworks, giving her designs an unexpected revival. The Powerhouse Museum in Sydney, holds a collection of her work. Many of her boldest wallpaper designs were still available, some reinterpreted as fabric prints by Akira Isogawa, Nicole Zimmermann and other leading Australian fashion designers, and even Cate Blanchett's family home, the set of Masterchef, and Trump Towers in New