caption death_date death_place imagesize training nationality parents field birth_date image article_title name
theodora cowan c. 1898 27 august 1949 vaucluse , new south wales 250px sydney firenze technical college , accademia di belle arti di australian elizabeth , née marks and samuel cohen sculpture , painting 13 november 1868 theodora cowan -lrb- c. 1898 -rrb- . jpg theodora cowan
 theodora esther cowan -lrb- theo -rrb-
theodora cowan

theodora esther cowan -lrb- theo -rrb- -lrb- 1868 -- 1949 -rrb- was an australian artist , regarded as the first australian-born woman sculptor .
she was one of a number of women sculptors who were working at the end of the 19th century .
apart from being the first to be born in australia , cowan -lrb- along with margaret baskerville -rrb- was among the first to achieve success , especially for her portrait work .
