Anne Montgomery Australian, 1908-1991

Anne Montgomery (1908-1991), celebrated as an artist, printmaker, muralist, and lecturer, remained a figure more familiar within art circles than among the general populace, as noted in 2008. However, in the initial three decades of her life, she enjoyed widespread exhibition opportunities, garnered commissions, and her works found their way into numerous public collections. Nonetheless, Montgomery's prominence was somewhat eclipsed by the overwhelming publicity generated by the Angry Penguins and Antipodean groups during her era. She stands emblematic of a cohort of Melbourne artists whose contributions were somewhat overshadowed by the fervor surrounding these artistic movements.