Ngaio Marsh
Aotearoa New Zealand, b.1895, d.1982
Hal Baker
- Pencil and chalk on canvas on board
- Gift of the Baker family, 2022
- 297 x 247mm
- 2022/168
This pencil sketch of Ngaio Marsh's cousin, Hal Baker, was likely made on one of his regular visits to see her in Christchurch and is said to be a very good likeness. Internationally recognised as a writer of crime novels and a theatre director, Ngaio began her career as a painter, attending the Canterbury College School of Art from 1913 to 1919. She was a founding member of the Christchurch Group, exhibiting with them many times.