Aileen Dent


Aileen Rose Dent was an Australian artist known for her portraits, specifically her portrait of Australian aviator Jean Burns.

Biography

Dent was born in 1890 in Deniliquin, New South Wales. From 1909 to 1916 she was a student at the National Gallery Art School in Melbourne.
Dent exhibited regularly at the Atheneum Gallery and was a finalist in the Archibald Prize many times. Her paintings were included in the exhibit Australian Women Artists, One Hundred Years 1840 - 1940.
The National Gallery of Australia owns Dent's portrait of Dame Elizabeth Couchman.
Dent died in Wagga Wagga in 1978.

Works

The Charles Sturt University Art Collection holds the largest collection of her works, however her portraiture exists in other public and private collections. Works include: