Lily Allport

Curzona Frances Louise (Lily) Allport (18 July 1860 – 29 April 1949) was a Tasmanian artist.

[1] Determined to pursue a career in art, Allport moved to England in 1888 with her mother Elizabeth and sister Eva.

Initially supported by a yearly allowance from her mother and brothers, Allport shortly became financially self-sufficient through sales of her prolific works including oil paintings, watercolours, pastel drawings and relief prints.

[1] In Europe she studied with renowned artists including Hubert Vos and Charles Wellington Furse.

[2] In 1894, The Mercury newspaper reported that Allport was the first Tasmanian artist to have works exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts.