Australia : Unadopted Essays

The Follwing sheet is of Eileen Mayo.

Author : Mr Blair Stannard. Canada

In the decade before Mayo's migration to Australia in 1953,
she held teaching positions at St. Martin's School of Art
and Sir John Cass College in London. She became a member
of the Society of Wood Engravers, and wrote and illustrated
a series of books. She also exhibited at the Royal Academy
and with the Royal Society of British Artists.

On arrival in Australia, Mayo became one of the many migrants
who contributed to the postwar print revival. She taught at
the National Art School in Sydney and was a member of Sydney
Printmakers. Her career in Australia included working on
murals and designing tapestries and posters. She designed
the platypus for the one-shilling stamp, and in 1962 she
was awarded the Vizard-Wholohan Prize for prints.

Mayo exhibited regularly in Australia until her emigration
to New Zealand, where she taught at the University of Canterbury.

Blair (TC)