Frances Mary Hodgkins New Zealand, Britain, 1869-1947
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About Frances Hodgkins
Born in New Zealand in 1869, Hodgkins studied under W.M. Hodgkins and G.P. Nerli. She exhibited in New Zealand from 1890 until 1901 when she travelled to England and Europe. She visited Australia and New Zealand several timesand exhibited in Melbourne 1912 and Sydney 1913. The exhibitions were received by critics as brilliant and daring examples in the style of the French impressionistic art. However she spent most of her life in Europe. She was a frequent exhibitor at the Royal Academy and the Paris Salon.
Frances Hodgkins is one of the most prolific of the artists listed in our database, with the number of works offered for sale by auction since 1967 of 526, of which 332 (63%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $407,884 for Still Life with Landscape sold by Webb's in April 2003. This year 16 works have been offered for sale. Works by Frances Hodgkins are held by the Auckland Art Gallery, Museum Of New Zealand and a further eight major public national galleries (see list below).
Frances Hodgkins is listed in the following standard biographical references:
- Gil Docking, with additions by Michael Gunn covering 1970-90. Two Hundred Years of New Zealand Painting, David Bateman Ltd., New Zealand, 1990 Page 96
- McGahey, Kate. The Concise Dictionary of New Zealand Artists Painters Printmakers Sculptors, Gilt Edge Publishing, Wellington, New Zealand, 2000. Page 118
- 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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