The limitless decorative possibilities in Maud Sherwood’s work – vivid colours dashed onto the paper in broad sweeps, the assured linear qualities either loosely or tightly structured – reflected her own ‘vital and attractive’ personality.
New Zealand potter
New Zealand potter
Mary Elizabeth Richardson was one of several successful artists to emerge during the 1890s, a period of creativity in New Zealand art. As M. E. R. Tripe she became a portrait painter of national importance, as well as a teacher and formidable influence on Wellington art for over 30 years.
New Zealand painter
New Zealand painter with an extraordinary zest and independence of spirit, whose lifetime’s response to human character and very individual use of rich colour communicates her vivid reverence and joyful celebration of life.
Irish design and metal artist
With her sisters Winifred and Veronica, Emily Wynne developed the signature colour lines of the Avoca Woollen Mills in Ireland.
With her sisters Winifred and Veronica, Emily Wynne developed the signature colour lines of the Avoca Woollen Mills in Ireland.
With her sisters Winifred and Veronica, Emily Wynne developed the signature colour lines of the Avoca Woollen Mills in Ireland.