Joy St Clair Hester - Australian Dictionary of Biography Joy St Clair Hester (1920–1960), artist, was born on August 21, 1920 at Elsternwick, Melbourne, second child of Robert Ferdinand Hester, a bank officer from England. Louise Hester, née MacGillivray, was a teacher and daughter of Scottish immigrants. Her father died from a heart attack when Joy was twelve years old, an event that would subtly yet profoundly influence the emotional depth of her later work. She attended St Michael’s Grammar School from 1933 to 1937 and Brighton Technical School in 1938. At 17, she studied Commercial Art f…