Jo Sweatman


Estelle Mary Sweatman, was an Australian painter. She was a founding member of the Twenty Melbourne Painters Society.

Biography

Sweatman was born in 1872. She was a founding member of the group, Twenty Melbourne Painters Society, that was formed by students and followers of Australian Tonalist Max Meldrum. In 1922 Sweatman was a finalist for the Archibald Prize for her Portrait Miss A.M.E. Bale. The same year A.M.E. Bale was a finalist with her portrait of Miss Jo Sweatman. Sweatman died in 1956.