Adele Younghusband
Magnolia
oil on board
530 x 340mm
670 x 480mm framed
670 x 480mm framed
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Adele Younghusband 1878 – 1969 Adele Younghusband is a remarkable figure in New Zealand’s cultural history. Born in Te Awamutu in 1878, Younghusband lived a somewhat nomadic life, based at...
Adele Younghusband
1878 – 1969
Adele Younghusband is a remarkable figure in New Zealand’s cultural history. Born in Te Awamutu in 1878, Younghusband lived a somewhat nomadic life, based at various times in Whangarei, Auckland, Tauranga, and Hamilton among other places. She was deeply involved in the development of a number of arts organisations, including establishing the Waikato Society of Arts with Ida Carey in 1934. Younghusband ran a photographic enterprise in Whangarei in the early 1920s, and established herself as a portrait photographer. It wasn’t until she was in her 40s that she seriously pursued painting, studying the artform in Australia. She became a highly accomplished painter, producing a rich body of work that is held in many of the major collecting institutions in New Zealand.
1878 – 1969
Adele Younghusband is a remarkable figure in New Zealand’s cultural history. Born in Te Awamutu in 1878, Younghusband lived a somewhat nomadic life, based at various times in Whangarei, Auckland, Tauranga, and Hamilton among other places. She was deeply involved in the development of a number of arts organisations, including establishing the Waikato Society of Arts with Ida Carey in 1934. Younghusband ran a photographic enterprise in Whangarei in the early 1920s, and established herself as a portrait photographer. It wasn’t until she was in her 40s that she seriously pursued painting, studying the artform in Australia. She became a highly accomplished painter, producing a rich body of work that is held in many of the major collecting institutions in New Zealand.