Alice Avery

Alice Avery
Born
Alice Lethbridge Perry

(1868-09-02)2 September 1868
Masterton, New Zealand
Died29 September 1957(1957-09-29) (aged 89)
Hastings, New Zealand
Resting placeHavelock North Cemetery
Spouse
Alfred Avery
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(m. 1895; died 1917)​
Children2

Alice Lethbridge Avery (née Perry; 2 September 1868 – 29 September 1957) was a New Zealand artist.

White Azaleas, painted by Avery

Avery was born Alice Lethbridge Perry in Masterton on 2 September 1868, the sixth daughter of Bennet Pascoe Perry and Mary Ann Perry (née Masters).[1][2][3][4][5] On 18 September 1895, she married Alfred Avery, who worked for the Government Life Insurance Department, in Masterton.[6] They had two sons, including Norman Alfred Avery.[1][7][8] They lived in Napier and later in Hastings.[1]

Avery exhibited at Auckland Society of Arts, Canterbury Society of Arts (1909 and 1925) and New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts (1905-1948).[3] She exhibited at local clubs and societies, including the Masterton Sketch Club's annual exhibition, Havelock North Arts and Crafts exhibition, and the first exhibition of the Hawke's Bay Art Society.[9][10][11] She sold four paintings at the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts 1922 and 1930 exhibitions.[12][13] Her artist files are held at Te Papa and one of her paintings is in MTG Hawke's Bay.[3]

Her niece, Marion Tylee, who was also an artist, included a biography of her aunt in her papers, deposited at the National Library of New Zealand.[1]

Avery died in Hastings on 29 September 1957, having been predeceased by her husband in 1917, and her ashes were buried in Havelock North Cemetery.[3][7][14][15][16]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Avery, Alice Lethbridge, 1868-1957". The National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  2. ^ "White Azaleas". MTG Hawke's Bay. Archived from the original on 31 March 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d "Avery, Alice Lethbridge". findnzartists.org.nz. Archived from the original on 24 September 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Birth search: registration number 1868/19136". Births, deaths & marriages online. Department of Internal Affairs. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  5. ^ "Married". New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian. Vol. 7 Issue=568. 11 January 1851. p. 2. Retrieved 5 January 2024 – via PapersPast.
  6. ^ "Chit Chat". New Zealand Mail. No. 1230. 27 September 1895. p. 15. Archived from the original on 2 January 2024. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  7. ^ a b "Obituary". The Press. Vol. 53, no. 15897. 10 May 1917. p. 9. Retrieved 5 January 2024 – via PapersPast.
  8. ^ "Norman Alfred Avery". Archived from the original on 8 February 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  9. ^ "Sketch Exhibition". Wairarapa Daily Times. 3 November 1927. p. 5. Archived from the original on 2 January 2024. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  10. ^ "Fine Display". Gisborne Herald. Vol. LXXV, no. 22591. 20 March 1948. p. 6. Archived from the original on 2 January 2024. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  11. ^ "Corrections". Hawke's Bay Tribune. Vol. XVII. 15 October 1927. p. 8. Archived from the original on 2 January 2024. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  12. ^ "Academy of Fine Arts". Evening Post. Vol. CIX, no. 125. 30 May 1930. p. 5. Archived from the original on 2 January 2024. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  13. ^ "Academy of Fine Arts". New Zealand Times. Vol. XLIX, no. 11208. 13 May 1922. p. 8. Archived from the original on 2 January 2024. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  14. ^ "Avery, Alice Lethbridge". Archives New Zealand. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  15. ^ "Alice Lethbridge Avery (cremation)". Hastings District Council. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  16. ^ "Alice Lethbridge Avery (burial)". Hastings District Council. Retrieved 5 January 2024.


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