Esther Hope

Esther Studholme Hope
Born
Esther Studholme Barker

(1885-08-08)8 August 1885
Woodbury, New Zealand
Died16 July 1975(1975-07-16) (aged 89)
Timaru, New Zealand
EducationSlade School of Fine Art, Chelsea College of Arts
Known forPainting
SpouseHenry Norman Hope
RelativesAlfred Barker (grandfather)
Michael Studholme (grandfather)
John Studholme (great-uncle)

Esther Studholme Hope (née Barker, 8 August 1885 – 16 July 1975) was a New Zealand artist.

Background

Hope was born in Woodbury, New Zealand, on 8 August 1885.[1][2][3] Her father was the farmer John Matthias Barker (1856–1933), the son of Dr Alfred Barker (1819–1873). Her grandfather, while trained as a doctor, was prominent as a photographer in colonial Christchurch. Her mother was Emily Studholme (1863–1938), the daughter of the pioneering runholder Michael Studholme (1833–1886).[4]

Barker married Henry Norman Hope on 26 May 1920 at Woodbury,[5] and died on 16 July 1975.[3]

Education

Hope's early education was at Miss Bowen's School in Christchurch. Her first art teachers included Captain Edwyn Temple and Margaret Stoddart.[6] After travelling to England, Hope's art education included attending the Slade School of Fine Art in London, receiving tuition from Henry Tonks, John Peter Russell, and Ambrose McEvoy.[7] While in London she also studied at the Chelsea College of Arts under Ernest Borough Johnson and Frank Spenlove-Spenlove.[6]

Career

Hope is known for her watercolour paintings, specifically gouaches of Mackenzie Country.[6]

After completing her art education, Hope travelled around several European countries to paint. While in Brittany, World War I began and she was unable to return to England. Following her return she drove trucks between London docks and the city, before travelling to Malta to become a Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD). She returned to New Zealand in 1919 and began exhibiting her work there from 1920.[5] After it had been decided to build a church at Lake Tekapo, Hope prepared some sketches for a church building in 1933 and these were given to an architect in Christchurch. The Church of the Good Shepherd opened in 1935.[8]

Internationally she exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts, the Salon in Paris, the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour, and the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour.[7][5] In New Zealand Hope exhibited with:

She was represented by the several New Zealand galleries including: Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, and Aigantighe Art Gallery in Timaru.[6]

Her work is held in the collection of the Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu[16] and the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.[17]

References

  1. ^ "Barker, Esther Studholme". findnzartists.org.nz. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Hope, Esther Studholme". findnzartists.org.nz. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Death search: registration number 1975/43455". Births, deaths & marriages online. Department of Internal Affairs. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Fruits of labour". South Canterbury NZGenWeb Project. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
  5. ^ a b c d e f Aigantighe Art Gallery (1990). "South Canterbury Artists: A Retrospective View". christchurchartgallery.org.nz. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  6. ^ a b c d Platts, Una (1980). "Hope, Esther Studholme – Nineteenth Century New Zealand Artists: A Guide & Handbook". nzetc.victoria.ac.nz. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  7. ^ a b McLintock, A. H. (1940). "Esther Studholme Hope: The National Centennial of New Zealand Art Catalogue". nzetc.victoria.ac.nz. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  8. ^ "Church of the Good Shepherd". New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero. Heritage New Zealand. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  9. ^ "Artists exhibited with Auckland Society of Arts". findnzartists.org.nz. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  10. ^ "Artists exhibited with Canterbury Society of Arts". findnzartists.org.nz. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  11. ^ "Artists exhibited with New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts". findnzartists.org.nz. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  12. ^ Kay, Robin; Eden, Tony (1983). Portrait of a Century: The History of the N.Z. Academy of Fine Arts, 1882–1982. Millwood Press. ISBN 0908582609.
  13. ^ "Artists exhibited with Otago Art Society". findnzartists.org.nz. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  14. ^ "Artists exhibited with New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition, Dunedin, 1925-6". findnzartists.org.nz. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  15. ^ "Catalogue of the International Exhibition of the Fine Arts". christchurchartgallery.org.nz. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  16. ^ "Collection – Esther Studholme Hope". christchurchartgallery.org.nz. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  17. ^ "Esther Hope – Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 25 October 2017.

Further reading

Artist files for Esther Studholme Hope are held at:

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