Amalie Sara Colquhoun (20 March 1894 – 16 June 1974)[1] was an Australian landscape and portrait painter who is represented in national and state galleries.

[3] She continued to advance her career when the Victorian Education Department supported her study of pottery and stained glass at Sydney Technical College.

She died on 16 June 1974 in East Melbourne and was buried in Boroondara cemetery, Kew, with Anglican rites.

Up until the time they bought their property at Swinton in Kew, the Colquhouns lived in their Melbourne studios.

Colquhoun and her husband taught for many years and had portraits, landscape paintings, and reproductions of famous sculptures displayed on the walls of the school.

In 1950, the Colquhouns closed the school, and in 1954 moved from the city to Kew, establishing a studio and occasional gallery in their home.

-Amalie Colquhoun on why everyone should study art, The Herald, 20 December 1933[11]Colquhoun was hung in Australia's premier portrait award the Archibald Prize multiple times over decades:[12] In 1933 John Davie, Esq In 1934 Miss Jean Lawrence and Captain WA Robertson.