Aileen Rose Dent

Aileen Rose Dent (1890 – 1978) was an Australian artist known for her portraits, specifically her portrait of Australian aviator Jean Burns. Dent was born in 1890 in Deniliquin, New South Wales. From 1909 to 1916 she was a student at the National Gallery Art School in Melbourne

Dent exhibited regularly at the Atheneum Gallery and was a finalist in the Archibald Prize, at the Art Gallery of New South Wales many times. Her paintings were included in the exhibit Australian Women Artists, One Hundred Years 1840 – 1940

Dent died in Wagga Wagga in 1978

The Charles Sturt University Art Collection holds the largest collection of her works. Her works are held in other public and private collections including the National Gallery of Victoria and The National Portrait Gallery, Canberra