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    Elizabeth Guzsely Gallery

    Feb 15, 2019 4 minutes
    Contributed by Betty Clarke

    ELIZABETH GUZSELY GALLERY

    Cooktown School of Art Society Inc operates the Elizabeth Guzsely Gallery at 125 Charlotte Street, Cooktown, in far north Queensland. This history has been compiled with the assistance of member Elizabeth Johns.

    THE HISTORY OF OUR GALLERY

    In 1979, Elizabeth Guzsely with several other very enthusiastic artists decided to start an art society in Cooktown.

    Elizabeth was born in 1934 in Budapest, Hungary – into a family of painters, musicians, singers, actors and writers. So, from an early age, art became a way of life.

    Surviving the Russian invasion of Hungary during the World War II, she gained a

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