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1905 St. Neots, England - 1982 Christchurch, New Zealand. Known for: Modernist landscape, genre and figure painting.
Catherine Olivia Orme Spencer Bower (13 April 1905 – 8 July 1982) was a New Zealand painter. Born in England, she spent her adult life in New Zealand, mostly in Christchurch. Olivia Spencer Bower was... Read full biography
Catherine Olivia Orme Spencer Bower (13 April 1905 – 8 July 1982) was a New Zealand painter. Born in England, she spent her adult life in New Zealand, mostly in Christchurch. Olivia Spencer Bower was born in St Neots, Huntingdonshire, England on 13 April 1905, along with her twin brother,... Read full biography
Catherine Olivia Orme Spencer Bower (13 April 1905 – 8 July 1982) was a New Zealand painter. Born in England, she spent her adult life in New Zealand, mostly in Christchurch. Olivia Spencer Bower was born in St Neots, Huntingdonshire, England on 13 April 1905, along with her twin brother, Marmaduke. Her mother, Rosa Dixon, was brought up on a sheep station in Canterbury. An artist, Dixon painted with Margaret Stoddart, and travelled with Stoddart to an artist colony in Cornwall, sailing on the... Read full biography
Catherine Olivia Orme Spencer Bower (13 April 1905 – 8 July 1982) was a New Zealand painter. Born in England, she spent her adult life in New Zealand, mostly in Christchurch. Olivia Spencer Bower was born in St Neots, Huntingdonshire, England on 13 April 1905, along with her twin brother, Marmaduke. Her mother, Rosa Dixon, was brought up on a sheep station in Canterbury. An artist, Dixon painted with Margaret Stoddart, and travelled with Stoddart to an artist colony in Cornwall, sailing on the same ship as Frances Hodgkins. In England, Dixon met and married civil engineer Anthony Spencer Bower. After Anthony Bower's retirement, Rosa supported the family through painting and teaching. They moved to Dorset in 1914 and emigrated to New... Read full biography
Catherine Olivia Orme Spencer Bower (13 April 1905 – 8 July 1982) was a New Zealand painter. Born in England, she spent her adult life in New Zealand, mostly in Christchurch. Olivia Spencer Bower was born in St Neots, Huntingdonshire, England on 13 April 1905, along with her twin brother, Marmaduke. Her mother, Rosa Dixon, was brought up on a sheep station in Canterbury. An artist, Dixon painted with Margaret Stoddart, and travelled with Stoddart to an artist colony in Cornwall, sailing on the same ship as Frances Hodgkins. In England, Dixon met and married civil engineer Anthony Spencer Bower. After Anthony Bower's retirement, Rosa supported the family through painting and teaching. They moved to Dorset in 1914 and emigrated to New Zealand in 1920. In Christchurch, Rosa Bower continued to work as a professional artist. In England, Spencer Bower was introduced to the... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Painting, Fine Art
Art Media
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Portraits, Portraiture
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Cornwall, England
- •Europe
Art School
- •Slade School of Art, London, Student
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing