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Piccola Marina
Behind the scenes
The bar at the Piccola Marina looked like this when I was there last week:
And like this when Olivia Spencer Bower was there 83 years previously:
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Olivia Spencer Bower La Piccola Marina, Capri
Young New Zealanders such as Olivia Spencer Bower were often welcomed by established expatriate Aotearoa New Zealand artists when they travelled to Europe. Spencer Bower spent time with both Sydney Lough Thompson in France and Eleanor Hughes in England between 1929 and 1931. In early 1931 she set off from England for the island of Capri, where she met her friend Mary Hogg, and they shared a room overlooking La Piccola Marina. Spencer Bower’s biographer, Julie King, noted “Olivia was charmed by the island: the sketches and paintings she completed there, and the photographs she took, reveal her immense delight in the environment.”
(Timeless: Treasures from the Historical Collection 19 September 2026 – 30 May 2027)