Yvonne Rust New Zealand, 1922-2002
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About Yvonne Rust
Yvonne Rust was born in Whangarei on the 19th of November, 1922. She studied at Christchurch University and gained a Diploma of Fine Arts and taught art in secondary schools for 30 years, mainly in the South Island. A ceramicist, she played a leading role in developing pottery skills in the communities in which she lived, starting eight studios and apprenticing many potters. She also organised and directed the first national pottery workshop/school and started her own art school in 1959. She moved to the West Coast in 1967, where she taught at Greymouth High School and started the West Coast pottery movement. After retiring from teaching in 1972, she returned to Northland to build a home and become a professional potter at Parua Bay. She was asked to start the Northland Craft Trust in 1976 and in 1980 acquired Waldron's quarry with the help of government grants. A few years later she gave up pottery to dedicate herself to painting, and within a few years her painting had earned her an award from the Academy of New Zealand in Wellington. She was also awarded included a Queen's Service Medal for services to art, a Queen Elizabeth II Fellowship, life memberships of the Potters' Association and the Craft Council, and the Canterbury Society of Arts' silver medal, its highest award.
In our database, 8 works by Yvonne Rust are listed as being offered for sale, the earliest in 1999, of which 5 (63%) were sold. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2019.
Yvonne Rust is not listed in any of the standard biographical references listed on our references page.
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