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Name	Constance Stokes
Alternative Names	Constance Parkin
Born	20 February, 1906 Miram, Victoria, Australia
Died	14 July, 1991 (aged 85) Prahran, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Cause of Death	pulmonary embolism
Related Entries	[View as tree] Brash, Barbara Nancy (acquaintance) Streeton, Arthur Ernest (mentor) Bell, George Frederick Henry (mentor) Hall, Lindsay Bernard (teacher) Nolan, Sidney Robert (related entry)
Education *	Genazzano FCJ College (Kew, Melbourne) (student, 1920-1924) National Gallery art school (Melbourne) (student, 1925-1929) Royal Academy of Arts (UK) (student, 1930-1932)
Occupation or Descriptor *	painter (1925-1931) Victoria, Australia painter (1933-1991) Victoria, Australia
Awards	National Gallery of Victoria Travelling Scholarship (recipient, 1929)
Key Organisations *	Australian Art Association (exhibitor, 1930-1930) Contemporary Art Society (Vic) (exhibitor, 1939-1939) Melbourne Contemporary Artists group (member, 1940)

* Dates are approximate