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Helen Mary Stewart BIOGRAPHY
1900 - 1983 Lowry Bay, Wellington, New Zealand. Known for: Modernist painting influenced by European and British post-impressionist art, appreciation for the theory of the Golden ratio.
Helen Stewart, born in New Zealand in 1900, was a modernist painter whose early training took place in Wellington under Harry Linley Richardson. She later continued her studies in London and Paris,... Read full biography
Helen Stewart, born in New Zealand in 1900, was a modernist painter whose early training took place in Wellington under Harry Linley Richardson. She later continued her studies in London and Paris, where Helen Stewart absorbed the influences of Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Fernand Léger, and the... Read full biography
Helen Stewart, born in New Zealand in 1900, was a modernist painter whose early training took place in Wellington under Harry Linley Richardson. She later continued her studies in London and Paris, where Helen Stewart absorbed the influences of Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Fernand Léger, and the Camden Town artists. She returned to Australia in 1930 and became a member of the avant-garde Contemporary Art Society, aligning herself with artists committed to new modernist approaches. After the... Read full biography
Helen Stewart, born in New Zealand in 1900, was a modernist painter whose early training took place in Wellington under Harry Linley Richardson. She later continued her studies in London and Paris, where Helen Stewart absorbed the influences of Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Fernand Léger, and the Camden Town artists. She returned to Australia in 1930 and became a member of the avant-garde Contemporary Art Society, aligning herself with artists committed to new modernist approaches. After the Second World War, she returned to New Zealand and settled in Lowry Bay, Wellington. There, Helen Stewart became a founding member of the Thursday Group, an important local art collective. Helen Stewart continued painting throughout her life and was... Read full biography
Helen Stewart, born in New Zealand in 1900, was a modernist painter whose early training took place in Wellington under Harry Linley Richardson. She later continued her studies in London and Paris, where Helen Stewart absorbed the influences of Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Fernand Léger, and the Camden Town artists. She returned to Australia in 1930 and became a member of the avant-garde Contemporary Art Society, aligning herself with artists committed to new modernist approaches. After the Second World War, she returned to New Zealand and settled in Lowry Bay, Wellington. There, Helen Stewart became a founding member of the Thursday Group, an important local art collective. Helen Stewart continued painting throughout her life and was included in Anne Kirker’s publication New Zealand Women Artists: A Survey of 150 Years. Helen Stewart died in Lowry Bay, Wellington,... Read full biography
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Helen Stewart, born in New Zealand in 1900, was a modernist painter whose early training took place in Wellington under Harry Linley Richardson. She later continued her studies in London and Paris, where Helen Stewart absorbed the influences of Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Fernand Léger, and the Camden Town artists.
She returned to Australia in 1930 and became a member of the avant-garde Contemporary Art Society, aligning herself with artists committed to new modernist approaches. After the Second World War, she returned to New Zealand and settled in Lowry Bay, Wellington. There, Helen Stewart became a founding member of the Thursday Group, an important local art collective.
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