Margaret Brenda Holloway (née North) (1882–1944) was a New Zealand artist who primarily painted watercolours of Southland Region landscapes. She was wife to John Ernest Holloway and mother to Jack Holloway.
Margaret Brenda Holloway | |
|---|---|
| Born | Margaret Brenda North 1882 |
| Died | 1944 (aged 61–62) Timaru, New Zealand |
| Style | Watercolour |
| Spouse | John Ernest Holloway |
| Children | Jack Holloway |
Biography
editMargaret Brenda North was born in 1882.[1][2] In 1908, she married John Ernest Holloway, the botanist and Anglican priest.[3] They had at least one daughter and a son, Jack Holloway.
She produced water colours, largely of Southland.[1] She won first and second place for landscape watercolours at the Oxford Show, Christchurch in 1915.[4] She exhibited at the Otago Art Society frequently from 1929 to 1941. The following works were recorded with positive reviews in newspaper reports at the time:
- 1929: "Early Morning, Wakatipu"[5] and "The Road Through the Beech Forest"[6]
- 1930: "Evening, Diamond Lake"[7]
- 1932: "ln a Shropshire Village"[8]
- 1933: "Unsettled Weather, Diamond Lake"[9] and "The Routeburn Flat"[10]
- 1934: "Ben Lomond from Walter Peaks"[11]
- 1936: Four artworks including "Rata, South Otago Coast," "Young Gum Tree" and "Early Morning, Lake Te Anau"[12][13]
- 1937: "A Roslyn Landmark" and "Above Purakanui"[14]
- 1938: "A Study of Mount Lily Leaves"[15]
- 1941: "Showery Weather, Westland" and "A Bush Road, South Westland"[16][17]
Several of her art works are held by the Turnbull and Hocken Libraries.[18][19]
References
edit- ^ a b c Platts, Una (1980). Nineteenth Century New Zealand Artists: A Guide and Handbook (PDF). Christchurch, New Zealand: Avon Fine Arts Publications Limited. p. 128.
- ^ "Holloway, Margaret Brenda". findnzartists.org.nz. Retrieved 2024-10-23.
- ^ "Obituary". Otago Daily Times. No. 25942. 7 September 1945. p. 6.
- ^ "OXFORD SHOW". Sun (Christchurch). Vol. II, no. 351. 25 March 1915. p. 8.
- ^ "Untitled". Evening Star. No. 20329. 11 November 1929. p. 10.
- ^ "Untitled". Evening Star. No. 20346. 30 November 1929. p. 14.
- ^ "Otago Art Society". Evening Star. No. 20654. 29 November 1930. p. 14.
- ^ "Otago Art Society". Evening Star. No. 21260. 15 November 1932. p. 5.
- ^ "OTAGO ART SOCIETY". Evening Star. No. 21574. 21 November 1933. p. 3.
- ^ "Otago Art Society". Evening Star. No. 21427. 2 June 1933. p. 2.
- ^ "Untitled". Evening Star. No. 21878. 15 November 1934. p. 8.
- ^ "Otago Art Society". Evening Star. No. 22484. 31 October 1936. p. 10.
- ^ "Art Society's Exhibition". Otago Daily Times. No. 23020. 24 October 1936. p. 22.
- ^ "Otago Art Society". Evening Star. No. 22819. 30 November 1937. p. 15.
- ^ "The Sketched Art". Evening Star. No. 22947. 3 May 1938. p. 7.
- ^ "Otago Art Society". Evening Star. No. 23890. 21 May 1941. p. 5.
- ^ "ART SOCIETY'S EXHIBITION". Otago Daily Times. No. 24613. 22 May 1941. p. 9.
- ^ "Holloway, Margaret Brenda, 1882-1944". natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 2024-10-23.
- ^ "Looking up the Dart Valley, Paradise". hakena.otago.ac.nz. Retrieved 2024-10-23.
- ^ "Deaths". Nelson Evening Mail. Vol. 79. 23 May 1944. p. 4.