Mary Millicent Wigg
South Australian artist active from the 1940s to the 1970s
Mary Millicent Wigg (nee Lamphee; 8 October 1904 – 29 April 2001) was an Australian oil painter, best known for her works depicting scenes from the South Australian Landscape and beyond. Active for over seven decades, she was a member of the South Australian Society of Arts and exhibited in Adelaide galleries from the 1960s onward. Wigg's work featured in the 1964 Adelaide Festival of arts, and her work continues to be collected and exhibited posthumously. Dedicated to her practice throughout her life, Wigg died aged 96 in a car accident while returning from a painting trip to the Flinders Ranges.
Personal life
Mary Millicent Wigg (nee Lamphee) was born on October 8, 1904, in Kensington Park, South Australia, to Phillip and Clara (nee Dunstan) Lamphee.
Wigg attended Girton Girls School Adelaide and the Elder Conservatorium of Music. She played the viola in the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra and was strongly supported by industrial engineer and art collector, John William Calvert Murrell.
She was mentored by South Australian painter Ingrid Erns.
On June 20, 1931, she married engineer and pilot Ronald Wigg, the grandson of the founder of E. S. Wigg & Son. They had three children together; Helen, Hugh, and Phillip.
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