Julia B. Lynch New Zealand, c1896-1975
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About Julia B. Lynch
Julia B Lynch was born in Manawatu, New Zealand in 1896. She studied art under GH Elliott in Palmerston North and then at the Slade School in England from 1921 to 1923, where she won the gold medal for portrait painting, the first New Zealander to do so. Her supervisor was Professor Henry Tonks. She returned to New Zealand and entered the convent in Wellington in 1924 and became Sister Mary Lawrence of the order of the Sisters of Mercy. She spent the rest of her life teaching and painting at St Mary's College in Wellington. She was a prolific portrait painter, painting many iconic figures including Jean Batten, Norman Kirk, many All Blacks, Tony O'Reilly, Sir Arthur Porritt and prominent members of Wellington and Palmerston North society. Her paintings have been exhibited at the Paris Salon, in Britain, Rome and the US. She won the Kelliher Art Prize in New Zealand in 1975 for her portrait of a 'Polish Dancer.' She also painted landscapes, and worked with other art forms such as sculpture, however she is best known as a portrait painter.
The earliest auction listing we have for Julia Lynch is in 1996 and in total 16 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 11 (69%) were sold. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2022.
Julia B. Lynch is listed in the following standard biographical references:
- McGahey, Kate. The Concise Dictionary of New Zealand Artists Painters Printmakers Sculptors, Gilt Edge Publishing, Wellington, New Zealand, 2000. Page 153
- The Find New Zealand Artists web site: a database of artist names that directs researchers to the rich resources found in New Zealand's libraries, art society exhibition histories and published sources.
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