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Thelma Clune, AO (1900-1992) was an Australian art dealer, artist and sculptor.

Early life
Thelma Cecily Smith was born in Kings Cross in 1900 and she later moved with her family to Yarramalong. Clune attended school at St Mary's and studied shorthand and typing.

Career
Clune studied sculpture under Lyndon Dadswell at East Sydney Technical College. In 1946 William Dobell painted a portrait of Clune that was a finalist in the 1946 Archibald Prize and was acquired by the Art Gallery of New South Wales in 1983. It was one of two portraits of Clune by Dobell. In 1984 a bronze sculpture of Clune by Susan Rothwell was a finalist in the Archibald Prize.

Interviews of Clune by Hazel de Berg and Geoffrey Dutton are part of the National Library of Australia collection.

Awards

 * 1988 - Member of the Order of Australia for service to the visual arts

Personal Life
Clune married author and art dealer Frank Clune on 9 May 1923 at the District Registrar's Office Waverley, Sydney.