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1916 - 1990. Known for: Painting.
Doris More Lusk was born on 5 May 1916 in Dunedin, the daughter of Thomas Younger Lusk, an architect, and his wife, Alice Mary Coats. Her childhood was spent mostly in Hamilton, where the family... Read full biography
Doris More Lusk was born on 5 May 1916 in Dunedin, the daughter of Thomas Younger Lusk, an architect, and his wife, Alice Mary Coats. Her childhood was spent mostly in Hamilton, where the family had a house on the banks of the Waikato River. In 1928 they returned to Dunedin, and Doris had one... Read full biography
Doris More Lusk was born on 5 May 1916 in Dunedin, the daughter of Thomas Younger Lusk, an architect, and his wife, Alice Mary Coats. Her childhood was spent mostly in Hamilton, where the family had a house on the banks of the Waikato River. In 1928 they returned to Dunedin, and Doris had one year at the Arthur Street primary school before entering Otago Girls’ High School in 1930. She left school in 1933 before matriculating to enrol at the King Edward Technical College to study art.... Read full biography
Doris More Lusk was born on 5 May 1916 in Dunedin, the daughter of Thomas Younger Lusk, an architect, and his wife, Alice Mary Coats. Her childhood was spent mostly in Hamilton, where the family had a house on the banks of the Waikato River. In 1928 they returned to Dunedin, and Doris had one year at the Arthur Street primary school before entering Otago Girls’ High School in 1930. She left school in 1933 before matriculating to enrol at the King Edward Technical College to study art. Lusk attended the art school in Dunedin from 1934 to 1939. Her teachers included J. D. Charlton Edgar and R. N. Field. Edgar provided Lusk with the technical knowledge of landscape painting, and it was through his teaching that she came to... Read full biography
Doris More Lusk was born on 5 May 1916 in Dunedin, the daughter of Thomas Younger Lusk, an architect, and his wife, Alice Mary Coats. Her childhood was spent mostly in Hamilton, where the family had a house on the banks of the Waikato River. In 1928 they returned to Dunedin, and Doris had one year at the Arthur Street primary school before entering Otago Girls’ High School in 1930. She left school in 1933 before matriculating to enrol at the King Edward Technical College to study art. Lusk attended the art school in Dunedin from 1934 to 1939. Her teachers included J. D. Charlton Edgar and R. N. Field. Edgar provided Lusk with the technical knowledge of landscape painting, and it was through his teaching that she came to paint the landscapes of Central Otago. Field’s influence was more indirect, as he introduced students to contemporary British art theo... Read full biography