Alice Brusewitz (née Palmer 1858-1927) was a New Zealand commercial photographer.[1][2][3]

Alice Brusewitz
Born29 July 1858 Edit this on Wikidata
Nelson Edit this on Wikidata
Died20 November 1927 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 69)
Wellington Edit this on Wikidata

Born in Nelson,[3] in around 1887 Brusewitz married photographer Henry Elis Leopold Brusewitz, who had been born in Sweden and migrated to New Zealand. The couple lived in Nelson and ran a photographic business there from about 1893.[4][3] They also both exhibited photographs, for example for the opening of the Suter Art Gallery in 1899.[5][3]

She joined the Nelson Camera Club in the mid 1890s and regularly showed in their exhibitions from 1899.[3]

In 1911 Brusewitz moved to Perth, while her husband remained in Nelson where he died 1922. She returned to Nelson in 1919.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Photography, Early Canterbury. "Early New Zealand Photographers: BRUSEWITZ, Henry Elis Leopold". Early New Zealand Photographers. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  2. ^ "CHAMPIONSHIP SINGLES—PARKER v. FISHER. Alice Brusewitz, Photos". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Mitchell, Lissa (2023). Through shaded glass: women and photography in Aotearoa New Zealand 1860-1960. Wellington, New Zealand: Te Papa Press. pp. 281–282. ISBN 978-0-9951384-9-0. OCLC 1374563763.
  4. ^ "Brusewitz, Henry Elis Leopold, 1855-1922". natlib.govt.nz. 1 January 1855. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  5. ^ "Opening of the Suter Memorial Art Gallery". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 2 March 2019.