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Louise Henderson BIOGRAPHY
1912 Paris - 1994. Known for: Painting.
For Paris-born Louise Henderson, New Zealand “was like a dream country” where the artist had freedom to pursue a career in painting.¹ Having been forbidden by her family to study formally at a fine... Read full biography
For Paris-born Louise Henderson, New Zealand “was like a dream country” where the artist had freedom to pursue a career in painting.¹ Having been forbidden by her family to study formally at a fine art institution, Henderson was instead trained in the textile arts of embroidery and lace design at... Read full biography
For Paris-born Louise Henderson, New Zealand “was like a dream country” where the artist had freedom to pursue a career in painting.¹ Having been forbidden by her family to study formally at a fine art institution, Henderson was instead trained in the textile arts of embroidery and lace design at the School of Industrial Arts in Paris in the late 1910s. Henderson’s initial positioning within the under-recognised field of textile arts before her arrival in Christchurch in 1925 parallels her... Read full biography
For Paris-born Louise Henderson, New Zealand “was like a dream country” where the artist had freedom to pursue a career in painting.¹ Having been forbidden by her family to study formally at a fine art institution, Henderson was instead trained in the textile arts of embroidery and lace design at the School of Industrial Arts in Paris in the late 1910s. Henderson’s initial positioning within the under-recognised field of textile arts before her arrival in Christchurch in 1925 parallels her relative lack of recognition as a New Zealand Modernist at the forefront of her discipline. That Henderson should be memorialised in the same league as contemporaries such as Colin McCahon, Rita Angus and Milan Mrkusich is clear from even a cursory... Read full biography
For Paris-born Louise Henderson, New Zealand “was like a dream country” where the artist had freedom to pursue a career in painting.¹ Having been forbidden by her family to study formally at a fine art institution, Henderson was instead trained in the textile arts of embroidery and lace design at the School of Industrial Arts in Paris in the late 1910s. Henderson’s initial positioning within the under-recognised field of textile arts before her arrival in Christchurch in 1925 parallels her relative lack of recognition as a New Zealand Modernist at the forefront of her discipline. That Henderson should be memorialised in the same league as contemporaries such as Colin McCahon, Rita Angus and Milan Mrkusich is clear from even a cursory survey of the artist’s extensive output, spanning seven decades. Henderson’s paintings combine a keen observation of the natural world with the iEssay by... Read full biography
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For Paris-born Louise Henderson, New Zealand “was like a dream country” where the artist had freedom to pursue a career in painting.¹ Having been forbidden by her family to study formally at a fine art institution, Henderson was instead trained in the textile arts of embroidery and lace design at the School of Industrial Arts in Paris in the late 1910s. Henderson’s initial positioning within the under-recognised field of textile arts before her arrival in Christchurch in 1925 parallels her relative lack of recognition as a New Zealand Modernist at the forefront of her discipline. That Henderson should be memorialised in the same league as contemporaries such as Colin McCahon, Rita Angus and Milan Mrkusich is clear from even a cursory Essay by ELIZABETH NEWTON-JACKSON 1 Baskett, “I was free…I could paint,” 2019. 2 Auckland Art Gallery, “Louise Henderson”...But wait, there's more...
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