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Mirka Madeleine Mora (née Zelik) (18 March 1928 – 27 August 2018) was a French-born Australian visual artist and cultural figure who contributed significantly to the development of Australian contemporary art. Her media included drawing, painting, sculpture and mosaic .
Mar 13, 2021 · Learn about the life and work of Mirka Mora, a French-born Jewish artist who escaped the Nazis and became a prolific painter and cafe owner in Australia. See her bright, whimsical artworks and personal artefacts at the Jewish Museum exhibition.
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Learn about Mirka Mora, a French-born artist and restaurateur who escaped Auschwitz and became a bohemian icon of Melbourne. Explore her portraits, autobiography, mosaics, murals and collaborations with Gorman.
A sensual celebration of life, love and personal history, Untitled (Tolarno mural) c 1966 is an early masterpiece in the remarkable career of French émigré artist Mirka Mora, whose contribution to Australian art is still to be fully recognised.
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Oct 17, 2018 · Learn about the life and work of Mirka Mora, a French-born Australian artist who created whimsical art and transformed Melbourne's cultural scene. See her drawings and dolls in a new exhibition at Heide Museum of Modern Art.
Aug 27, 2018 · Mora was a prolific painter, ceramicist and restaurateur who influenced Victoria's arts scene and culture. She and her husband Georges escaped from Europe and arrived in Melbourne in 1951, where they opened a cafe and other venues featuring her works.
Aug 27, 2018 · Mirka Mora, one of Melbourne's best-known and most-loved artists whose distinctive works have adorned the city like no other, has died at the age of 90. Mirka, one of Melbourne's most famous bohemians, transformed the culture of her adopted home town since emigrating to Australia in the 1950s from war-torn France.
