Japanese wood block prints

Japanese Wood Block Prints

DONOR: FAMILY OF JOAN MARY CORRIGAN

Japanese Wood Block Prints

The Corrigan Collection. Gallery Mezzanine, M2.

Although an alumna of All Hallows Convent, Joan Corrigan’s association with Brisbane Girls Grammar School was founded when her nieces attended here as students from the late 1950s until the early 1960s. As noted in the plaque above, Joan Corrigan had a distinguished career working alongside General Douglas MacArthur from 1946 in Japan. Her interest and expertise in Japan no doubt stimulated her interest in Japanese art forms, notably wood block printing. The beautiful suite of wood block prints gifted to the school by her family are an important and valued part of the Fine Arts Collection.

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