Ethel Carrick

Ethel Carrick was born in Uxbridge, Middlesex, to Emma (Filmer) Carrick and Albert William Carrick, a wealthy draper. She trained in London at the Guildhall School of Music and at the Slade School of Fine Art under Henry Tonks (ca. 1898-1903). They moved to Paris, where they remained until 1913. Of particular note is her paintings of St John's Church in Reid, and Parliament House in Parkes, Canberra. Between 1941 and 1943, Carrick supported Australian women's efforts for national service by painting scenes of the Lady Gowrie Services Club and the Canberra Services Club in Manuka, Canberra. Her husband, Emanuel Phillips Fox, died of cancer in 1915. The following year, Carrick began two decades of travels that took her through the Middle East, South Asia including India, and Europe. She returned intermittently to Australia to exhibit her work and go out on painting expeditions around the country. ==Art career and critical estimation==

), c.1909. Castlemaine Art Museum Mainly a painter, Carrick is known for her floral still life, landscapes and scenes of outdoor urban life in parks and on beaches. Some of these draw on her international travels, such as her paintings of outdoor markets in the Middle East and elsewhere. In 1993, the Waverley City Gallery in Melbourne held the exhibition "Capturing the Orient: Hilda Rix Nicholas & Ethel Carrick in the East", and in 2011, the Queensland Art Gallery held a joint retrospective of the work of Carrick and her husband. == Exhibitions ==

Solo • 1908: Bernard's Gallery, Collins Street, Melbourne, August • 1913: 'Paintings by Mrs E Phillips Fox (Miss Ethel Carrick)', The Guildhall, Melbourne, 11 - 26 July • 1913: 'Exhibition of Pictures by Mrs E Phillips Fox (Ethel Carrick)', Anthony Hordern's Fine Art Gallery, Sydney, 6 - 22 November • 1916: 'Exhibition of Oil Paintings by Mrs E Phillips Fox', Anthony Hordern's Fine Art Gallery, Sydney, April • 1925: 'Exhibition of Paintings by Ethel Carrick (Mrs E Phillips Fox)', The New Gallery, Melbourne, 2 -13 June • 1928: 'Exposition Ethel Carrick', Galerie de la Palette Française, Paris, 5 -19 June • 1933: 'Ethel Carrick (Mrs E Phillips Fox) Exhibition of Pictures', Everyman's Lending Library, Melbourne, 24 May - 7 June • 1949: 'Pictures by Ethel Carrick (Mrs E Phillips Fox)', Melbourne Book Club Gallery, 20 June - 2 July • 1949: 'Exhibition of Pictures by Ethel Carrick (Mrs E Phillips Fox)', John Martin's Gallery, Adelaide, 4 - 18 October • 1979: 'Ethel Carrick (Mrs E Phillips Fox): A Retrospective Exhibition', Geelong Art Gallery, 30 March - 4 May 1979 ; toured to SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney, 11 May - 3 June; University Art Museum, Brisbane, 13 June - 5 July • 2024: 'Ethel Carrick', National Gallery of Australia, 7 December 2024 - 27 April 2025 Group exhibitions held during the artist's lifetime • 1903: Society of Oil Painters, London, 19 October - 12 December • 1904: Felix Art Club (Alpine Art Club), London • 1905: International Society, London International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers January-February, March-May, May, October-December • 1906: Institute of Oil Painters, London 15 October - 12 December • 1906: Felix Art Club, London • 1906: Salon d'Automne, Paris • 1906: Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Paris • 1907: Institute of Oil Painters, London 14 October - 12 December • 1907: Salon d' Automne, Paris • 1907: Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Paris • 1907: Royal Academy, London • 1908: Societe Nationale des Beaux Arts, Paris • 1908: Societe Les Quelques, Galerie des Artistes Modernes, Paris • 1908: Salon d' Automne, Paris • 1908: Allied Artists Association, London, July • 1909: 'La Libre Esthetique, Catalogue de la seizieme Exposition a Bruxelles', Brussels, Belgium, 7 March - 12 April • 1909: Societe Les Quelques, Galerie des Artistes Modernes, Paris, February • 1909: Salon d'Automne, Paris • 1909: Allied Artists Association, London • 1909: Victorian Artists Society, Melbourne • 1910: Societe Nationale des Beaux Arts, Paris • 1910: Societe Les Quelques, Galerie des Artistes Modernes, Paris, February • 1910: Salon d'Automne, Paris • 1911: Societe Les Quelques, Galerie des Artistes Modernes, Paris, February • 1911: Salon d'Automne, Paris • 1911: Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Paris • 1912: Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Paris • 1912: Salon d'Automne, Paris • 1913: Societe des Peintres Orientalistes Français 21e Exposition, Grand Palais, Paris, 2-28 February • 1915: 'Australian Artists War Fund Exhibition', Royal Art Society Rooms, Sydney, 9 March • 1915: 'Australian Art Association 3rd Annual Exhibition', Athenaeum, Melbourne, 7-21 October • 1915: Red Cross Fund, Melbourne, March • 1916: 'Art Curio and Antique Exhibition for the French Week Appeal Fund', Town Hall, Melbourne, July • 1916: Royal Society of Oil Painters, London, November • 1917: Royal Academy, London • 1918: 'Salon des Poilus, Exhibition of Pictures for Sale', Athenaeum Gallery, Melbourne, 6-20 July (in aid of the French Red Cross) • 1918: 'Exposition de l'Arc-en-Ciel', Galerie de Goupil & Cie, Paris, 8 October - 3 November • 1919: Salon d' Automne, Paris: 315 Mme de Marquette • 1920: Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Paris • 1921: Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Paris • 1921: Salon d'Automne, Paris • 1921: Societe des Artistes lndependants, Paris • 1921: 'Exposition de la Societe coloniale des Artistes Français', Societe des Artistes Français, Grand Palais des Champs Elysees, Paris • 1922: Salon d'Automne, Paris • 1922: Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Paris • 1923: Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Paris • 1923: Salon d' Automne, Paris • 1923: 'Group of Australian Artists', Panton Galleries, London, November • 1924: 'Exhibition of Paintings and Sculptures by Australian Artists in Europe', Faculty of Arts, London, 23 June -12 July • 1924: Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Paris • 1924: Salon d'Automne, Paris • 1926: Salon d'Automne, Paris • 1927: Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Paris • 1927: Salon d'Automne, Paris • 1928: Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Paris • 1928: Salon d'Automne, Paris • 1928: International exhibition, Bordeaux: Manly Beach - summer is here (awarded diplome d'honneur) • 1929: Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Paris • 1929: Salon d'Automne, Paris • 1929: Societe des Amis des Arts de Bordeaux, Paris • 1930: Salon d'Automne, Paris • 1930: Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Paris • 1930: Societe des Amis des Arts de Bordeaux, Paris • 1931: Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Paris • 1931: Salon d'Automne, Paris • 1932: Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Paris • 1931: Salon d'Automne, Paris • 1933: Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Paris • 1933: Everyman's Lending Library, Melbourne, May • 1934: 'An Exhibition by Melbourne Painters', Athenaeum Gallery, Melbourne, 27 February- 10 March (in aid of the Hermannsburg water supply, Central Australia) • 1935: Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Paris • 1936: Royal Academy, London • 1937: Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Paris • 1937: Royal Academy, London • 1937: Salon d'Automne, Paris • 1937: Royal Academy, London • 1937: Salon d' Automne • 1939: Royal Academy, London • 1939: Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Paris • 1943-45: Victorian Artists' Society, Melbourne • 1944: 'Paintings by Ethel Phillips Fox, Jean Sutherland and Sybil Craig', KozminskyLower Gallery, Melbourne, 21 November- 1 December • 1945: Macquarie Galleries, Bligh Street, Sydney, 14-26 March • 1945: Anthony Hordern's Fine Art Gallery, Sydney • 1946: 'French Comfort Fund Exhibition', David Jones Art Gallery, Sydney, 20-28 February • 1946: 'French Comfort Fund', Myer's Art Gallery, Melbourne, 19 -29 March • 1947: Victorian Artists' Society, Melbourne • 1951: Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh • 1951: Royal Institute of Oil Painters, London ==References==