Caroline Atkinson was a keen student of natural history and an accomplished botanical illustrator. She was also a populariser of science and published in the “Sydney Morning Herald” and the “Horticultural Magazine”. Over 800 of Atkinson’s specimens are in the National Herbarium of Victoria.
New Zealand artist
Irish landscape and portrait artist, art teacher, and writer
American painter
Irish artist, naturalist, and astronomer
She painted mainly small, almost abstract landscapes, portraits and flower studies. Humble, unambitious and seemingly self-sufficent, she nevertheless had considerable influence on New Zealand painting.
Painter whose long and prodigious career left a huge and influential body of work, which is represented in all major public and many private collections in New Zealand.
Energetic and talented, Margaret Bullock was a pioneer in several respects. As a journalist and parliamentary correspondent she gained entrance into a predominantly male profession. She also played a pivotal role in the nineteenth century women’s movement at both local and national levels.
A legend in New Zealand art circles, she established a foundation to finance artists’ scholarships, to be funded from the sale of art in her estate. Her work is represented in both New Zealand and overseas public and private collections.
New Zealand painter