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Menu Home Upfront Now Up Books Towns Structures People Firms Lexicon SHORT, Gladys Constance Born: 1892 09 18 Artist Born 18 Sept 1892 (Durban) Worked at the Ceramic Studio: Dec 1925 - Dec 1942 Educated at Ladies College, Durban, 1904-1911 Trained at the Durban Art School (1916-1918) and Royal College of Art, London (1919-1921). 1922: On her return to South Africa established her own studio in a rented shed at 32 Berea Rd, Durban, assisted by Marjorie Johnstone. (J. Methley, The development of pottery making in South Africa, The Common Room Magazine, Summer 1926, p21f; Diary; Art exhibition: value of study at Home, The Natal Mercury, 29 Nov 1922 p. 10). Co-founder of the Ceramic Studio. Moved to Olifantsfontein with Marjorie Johnstone in December 1925. At first undertook throwing and decorating at the Studio, later managed the business and bookkeeping. At the time when WW2 broke out she was suffering ill health and in the early 1940s spent nine months in Durban recuperating. She retired in 1942 and returned to Natal to nurse her mother. Exhibitions: 1922 (with Joan Methley and one Elsie Currie): Exhibition of ceramics at the Durban Technical College. (Art exhibition: Value of study at Home The Natal Mercury, 29 November 1922 p. 10) Books citing SHORT 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 13