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Margaret Stoddart An Otira Stream c. 1927. Watercolour. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū 1997
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Margaret Stoddart Old Cornish Orchard c. 1902. Watercolour on board. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū 2000
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Margaret Stoddart Diamond Harbour 1909. Watercolour. Christchurch Art Gallery Trust Collection
This exhibition is now closed
The dazzling watercolours of an adventurous and trailblazing Canterbury artist.
Many women in colonial New Zealand society were encouraged to pursue an interest in watercolour painting or indigenous flora, but Margaret Stoddart (1865–1934) translated these amateur accomplishments into a trail-blazing professional career that would flourish over five decades. This selection of watercolours, presented 150 years after her birth, reveals a painter whose exceptional talent and determined, adventurous spirit helped to redefine established boundaries for female artists.
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Date:
18 December 2015 – 29 May 2016 -
Curator:
Felicity Milburn -
Exhibition number:
996A -
Historical Collection Art Partner