A SIGNIFICANT collection of Australian women’s art has been donated to The University of Western Australia. Prominent philanthropists and art collectors Sir James and Lady Sheila Cruthers have donated their private multi-million dollar collection of around 400 works of women’s art. Ranging from the 1890s to the present, the collection features major works by leading artists such as Grace Cossington Smith, Margaret Preston, Joy Hester, Grace Crowley and Clarice Beckett. Contemporary artists featured include Rosalie Gascoigne, Susan Norrie and Narelle Jubelin.
