Background
Frances Vida Lahey was born on 26 August 1882 at Pimpama, Queensland, the daughter of David Lahey and his wife, Jane Jemima, (née Walmsley).
Frances Vida Lahey was born on 26 August 1882 at Pimpama, Queensland, the daughter of David Lahey and his wife, Jane Jemima, (née Walmsley).
She attended Goytelea School at Southport. She studied painting at the Brisbane Central Technical College under Godfrey Rivers. She studied at the National Gallery School, Melbourne under Bernard Hall and Frederick McCubbin.
She exhibited widely from 1902 until 1965. Vida Lahey was one of the first female artists in Queensland and Australia, who regarded themselves as professionals and who sought to earn a living from practising their art Vida pioneered art classes for both children and adults in Queensland.
And she and Daphne Mayo were responsible for the foundation of the Queensland Art Fund in 1929, which helped to establish an art library and acquire works of art for the state.
Vida remained at the house Wonga Wallen at Street Lucia until her death on 29 August 1968 and was cremated. The house was listed on the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.
This Wikipedia article was originally based on "The Queensland heritage register" published by the State of Queensland under Central Committee-BY 3.0 AU licence (accessed on 7 July 2014, archived on 8 October 2014).