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CAMERON, Isa

Born:

Artist


Born in Pietermaritzburg.

An artist who designed artworks for the Ceramic Studio.

Durban painter and sculptor.

Studied at the Royal College of Art and Chelsea School of Art, London; also in Paris. (The S.A. woman's who's who, Johannesburg, 1938 p. 54) 1929: Returned to South Africa. Settled in Sarnia, Natal. (E. Berman, Art and artists in South Africa, 2nd ed., Cape Town, Balkema, 1983)

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Entry from 1938 Who's Who (see right)

CAMERON, Miss ISA, daughter of Mrs. and the late Mr. W. M. Cameron, of Scotland. Miss Cameron was born in Pietermaritzburg and was educated in Maritzburg and London, where she studied art, winning a small scholarship at the Chelsea School of Art, attended the Royal College of Art, and studied in Paris. She returned to South Africa in 1929, and since then has completed many works of art, both in colour and in sculpture. She is particularly interested in Native and Indian types; has designed panels in various Post Offices in the Union; exhibited at the Empire Exhibition in Johannesburg in 1936. Her special inclination goes towards decorating and designing. Her parents came to South Africa about forty-five years ago. Her recreations are swimming and travel. Miss Cameron resides in Sarnia, near Durban, Natal.

Ref: The South African Woman's Who's Who. 1938. Biographies (Pty) Ltd. Johannesburg: pg 54. Submitted by William MARTINSON

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With photographs
With notes

Post Office: 1937. Balfour, Mpumalanga - Artist tiled panel
Post Office: 1937 ?. Coligny, North West - Artist tiled panel
Post Office: 1936. Kalk Bay, Western Cape - Artist tiled panel
Post Office: 1938. Tsomo, Eastern Cape - Artist tiled panel
Post Office: c1934. Tzaneen, Limpopo - Artist tiled panel
Post Office - Second: 1934. Muizenberg, Western Cape - Artist tiled panel

Books citing CAMERON

Hillebrand, Melanie. 1991. The women of Olifantsfontein - South African studio ceramics : Die vroue van Olifantsfontein - Suid-Afrikaanse ateljee-keramiek . Pretoria: South African National Gallery. pp 15