b'134928928HELEN A. PETERS (1866-1923)In the Study,oil on canvas,signed and dated 1899 lower right,73 x 84cm; framed 103 x 112cm overall.Bears remnant of First Australian Exhibition of Womens Work 1907 label verso.In 1891-94 Peters was a pupil at Melbournes National Gallery Schools under Bernard Hall. She also studied at the Melbourne Art School under Tudor St George Tucker and Emanuel Phillips Fox and attended their summer school at Charterisville, a memento of which survives in the form of a portrait sketch of her by Fox (GAG). From 1895 to 1905 she exhibited with the Victorian Artists Society and the Yarra Sculptors Society in Melbourne. Peters was an active member of the Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors. Her work is represented in the Royal Academy in London.$2,0003,000935'