![Hilda Rix Nicholas - The Summer House [c.1931]](http://c3.staticflickr.com/8/7422/27464957330_dbe053b16d_b.jpg)
Hilda Rix Nicholas (Ballarat, September 1, 1884 - Delegate, New South Wales, August 3, 1961) was an Australian artist. Gender was a recurring theme in Rix Nicholas' career, for better and for worse. Praise from a French art critic for her abilities was expressed by saying "Rix paints like a man!" An Australian critic was unsure what to say, admiring her composition but declaring her technique "strangely unfeminine.” Many of Rix Nicholas' works went into private collections for which records are limited. Many more were burned in a fire at the family property after her death in the 1960s.
[Newcastle Art Gallery, Cooks Hill, Australia - Oil on canvas, 80.3 x 99 cm]