Edith Woodhouse
Edith Woodhouse | |
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| Born | Edith W Bathgate c.1860 Peebles, Scotland |
| Died | July 30, 1918 Dunedin, New Zealand |
| Education | Dunedin School of Art |
Edith W. Woodhouse (c. 1860 - 30 July, 1918; née Bathgate) was a Scottish-born New Zealand artist. Her paintings are held in the Hocken Collection at the University of Otago in Dunedin.
Biography
[edit]Edith W. Woodhouse (née Bathgate) was born in 1860 in Peebles, Scotland to Mary and John Bathgate.[1] Her father was a judge and politician.[1] In 1883, she married John Frederick Churton Woodhouse.[2]
Woodhouse studied at the Dunedin School of Art and took lessons in watercolour painting from Frances Hodgkins.[1] She exhibited at the Otago Art Society (1892-1916), the Otago Industrial Exhibition (1898) and the New Zealand International Exhibition Christchurch (1906-1907).[1] Alfred Henry O'Keeffe "wrote of her 'delicate toned' watercolours which hung in many Dunedin houses."[1] Several of her works are now held by the Hocken Collection, University of Otago.[1][3]
Woodhouse died on July 30 1918.[4] After her death, proceeds from the sale of Woodhouse's paintings were distributed between the Presbyterian and St Mary's Orphanages.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f Platts, Una (1980). Nineteenth century New Zealand artists : a guide & handbook. Christchurch: Avon Fine Prints Limited. p. 260.
- ^ New Zealand Marriage Index, 1840–1950.
- ^ "Hocken Heritage Collections". hakena.otago.ac.nz. Retrieved 2023-12-29.
- ^ "DEATHS". OTAGO DAILY TIMES. No. 17381. 31 July 1918. p. 4.
- ^ "Benediction of a Cot". Evening Star. No. 16857. 5 October 1918. p. 6.
