Elizabeth Wallwork
Elizabeth Wallwork | |
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| File:Elizabeth Wallwork (cropped).jpg Wallwork in 1934 | |
| Born | Elizabeth Donaldson 20 July 1883 Broughton, England |
| Died | 4 June 1969 (aged 85) Christchurch, New Zealand |
| Education | Manchester School of Art, Slade School of Fine Art |
| Known for | Painting |
| Spouse | Richard Wallwork |
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Elizabeth Wallwork (née Donaldson; 20 July 1883 – 4 June 1969) was a New Zealand artist.
Early life
[edit | edit source]Born Elizabeth Donaldson on 20 July 1883, in Broughton, England, she was the sixth of nine children of Elizabeth Ann Hibbert and John Donaldson.[1]
In 1911 she moved to New Zealand with her husband, fellow artist, Richard Wallwork, after he was offered position of life master at the Canterbury College School of Art, Christchurch.[2][3][1]
Education
[edit | edit source]Wallwork studied at Manchester School of Art (previously Municipal School of Art) and at the Slade School of Fine Art in London, receiving two first-class certificates in drawing and in painting in 1907–1908.[3] She was awarded the Lady Whitworth Scholarship.[1]
Career
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Wallwork was known as one of the foremost exponents of pastel portraiture in New Zealand. She also painted in oil and exhibited landscapes.[1][4]
While in England Wallwork exhibited with Manchester and Liverpool Art Galleries, and the Salon in Paris.[5] In New Zealand she exhibited with several art societies including:
- Auckland Society of Arts[6]
- Canterbury Society of Arts[7][1]
- New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts[8][9][1]
- Otago Art Society[10]
Her work was included in the:
- British Empire Exhibition, London, 1924[11][12][1]
- New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition, Dunedin, 1925–1926[13][14]
- New Zealand Centennial Exhibition of 1940[1]
Work by Wallwork can be found in the collections of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa[15] and Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu.[16]
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Further reading
[edit | edit source]Artist files for Wallwork are held at:
- Robert and Barbara Stewart Library and Archives, Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu
- Hocken Collections Uare Taoka o Hākena
- Te Aka Matua Research Library, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Also see:
- Concise Dictionary of New Zealand Artists McGahey, Kate (2000) Gilt Edge
- Nineteenth Century New Zealand Artists: A Guide and Handbook Platts, Una (1980) Avon Fine Prints
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- 1883 births
- 1969 deaths
- New Zealand painters
- New Zealand women painters
- People associated with the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
- People associated with the Canterbury Society of Arts
- Alumni of the Slade School of Fine Art
- People associated with the Auckland Society of Arts
- British emigrants to New Zealand
- New Zealand painter stubs