Nan Fullarton
Australian artist and writer
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Nancy Edith Fullarton (15 July 1913 – 11 April 2000)[1][2] was an Australian artist,[3] writer, illustrator, and ballet costume designer.[4][5][6][7]
15 July 1913
Nan Fullarton | |
|---|---|
| Born | Nancy Edith Fullarton 15 July 1913 |
| Died | 11 April 2000 (aged 86) |
| Alma mater | Sydney Technical College |
| Occupations | Artist, writer, illustrator, costume designer |
Early life
Nancy Edith Fullarton was born in Temora, New South Wales on 15 July 1913, to John and Lilian Fullarton.[8] The family moved to Sydney while Fullarton was still a child.[4] She attended Sydney Girls’ High School and later studied art at Sydney Technical College.[8] Fullarton worked as a commercial artist in Sydney, going on to have her own studio and employing assistants.[4]
In 1937, Fullarton married Paul Denny, with whom she had a daughter.[4]
Career
Fullarton's first book, The Alphabet from A to Z, was published in 1946, selling 50,000 copies.[1][8] Her art and writing focused on Australian animals.[4] The Alphabet was followed by A Day in the Bush, a collection of nursery rhymes.[4]
As well as her children’s books, Fullarton created comic strips.[8] A three-month trial of Frisky in the Sydney Morning Herald in 1948 became a permanent feature in the Sunday Herald.[8] Fullarton also adapted and illustrated a comic strip version of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland stories.[8] Her Frisky strips were published as a book in 1956, as well as being made into an educational film by the New South Wales Education Department.[4] Another strip created by Fullarton, The World of Animals, was published across Australia and in Europe.[4]
In 1955, Fullerton moved with her daughter to London.[8] In retirement, she worked in a London ballet company founded by her daughter, Christina, and son-in-law, the dancer-choreographer Alexander Roy.[4][6] She designed programs, publicity materials, and costumes.[4][9]
In 1970, Fullarton married Italian-British restaurateur, Rene Bassett, who died in 1982.[4] A stroke in 1998 left her partly incapacitated, and following a further stroke, Fullarton died in London on 11 April 2000.[4][2]