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Rhona Haszard BIOGRAPHY
1901 Thames - 1931. Known for: Painting.
Rhona Haszard was born in Thames on the Coromandel Peninsula in 1901. Haszard studied at Canterbury College School of Art and worked with fellow students Ngaio Marsh, Evelyn Page, Rata Lovell-Smith... Read full biography
Rhona Haszard was born in Thames on the Coromandel Peninsula in 1901. Haszard studied at Canterbury College School of Art and worked with fellow students Ngaio Marsh, Evelyn Page, Rata Lovell-Smith and Olivia Spencer Bower. She was taught by Archibald Nicoll, the newly appointed head of the school.... Read full biography
Rhona Haszard was born in Thames on the Coromandel Peninsula in 1901. Haszard studied at Canterbury College School of Art and worked with fellow students Ngaio Marsh, Evelyn Page, Rata Lovell-Smith and Olivia Spencer Bower. She was taught by Archibald Nicoll, the newly appointed head of the school. A successful future seemed assured by her marriage in 1922 to teacher and fellow student Ronald McKenzie. However in 1925 she abandoned her marriage and headed to France with ex-British army officer... Read full biography
Rhona Haszard was born in Thames on the Coromandel Peninsula in 1901. Haszard studied at Canterbury College School of Art and worked with fellow students Ngaio Marsh, Evelyn Page, Rata Lovell-Smith and Olivia Spencer Bower. She was taught by Archibald Nicoll, the newly appointed head of the school. A successful future seemed assured by her marriage in 1922 to teacher and fellow student Ronald McKenzie. However in 1925 she abandoned her marriage and headed to France with ex-British army officer and artist Leslie Greener. They settled in Paris and studied at the Academy Julian. Her brighter, Post-Impressionist style rapidly brought international recognition, and in London she participated in a number of significant exhibitions. She worked as... Read full biography
Rhona Haszard was born in Thames on the Coromandel Peninsula in 1901. Haszard studied at Canterbury College School of Art and worked with fellow students Ngaio Marsh, Evelyn Page, Rata Lovell-Smith and Olivia Spencer Bower. She was taught by Archibald Nicoll, the newly appointed head of the school. A successful future seemed assured by her marriage in 1922 to teacher and fellow student Ronald McKenzie. However in 1925 she abandoned her marriage and headed to France with ex-British army officer and artist Leslie Greener. They settled in Paris and studied at the Academy Julian. Her brighter, Post-Impressionist style rapidly brought international recognition, and in London she participated in a number of significant exhibitions. She worked as an artist on the Channel Island of Sark, France, Alexandria and London. She dressed eccentrically, r... Read full biography
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Rhona Haszard was born in Thames on the Coromandel Peninsula in 1901. Haszard studied at Canterbury College School of Art and worked with fellow students Ngaio Marsh, Evelyn Page, Rata Lovell-Smith and Olivia Spencer Bower. She was taught by Archibald Nicoll, the newly appointed head of the school. A successful future seemed assured by her marriage in 1922 to teacher and fellow student Ronald McKenzie.
However in 1925 she abandoned her marriage and headed to France with ex-British army officer and artist Leslie Greener. They settled in Paris and studied at the Academy Julian. Her brighter, Post-Impressionist style rapidly brought international recognition, and in London she participated in a number of s...But wait, there's more...
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