Maud Burge (née Williams) was a New Zealand artist who painted primarily in oils and watercolours. Her work was heavily influenced by her studies and travels throughout Europe, as well as by the work of New Zealand artist James Nairn, who was renowned for portraits and landscapes painted using the en plein air approach.

Around the turn of the century, she painted portraits at Charles Frederick Goldie’s studio in Auckland. Under his tutelage, Burge painted Ina Te Papatahi of the Ngapuhi iwi, who was one of Goldie’s earliest models.

In 1909, she married George Aylesford Burge and the couple left New Zealand for Europe soon after. Burge studied in France and was a pupil of English watercolourist Fred Mayer. She spe...