Frances Hodgkins was a New Zealand artist born in 1869 in Dunedin. She was encouraged to paint by her father and studied under Italian artist Girolamo Nerli. In 1901, she left New Zealand for Europe and spent the next 12 years traveling and gaining inspiration from different places. She settled in Paris in 1908 and became the first woman to be appointed as an instructor at the Académie Colarossi. During World War I, she moved to St Ives, Cornwall, where she experimented with oils and developed her distinctive Modernist style. She moved to London in 1927 and gained the admiration of influential London dealer Arthur Howell. Although she achieved critical acclaim during her lifetime, she did not achieve much financial success. Today, her work ...