Artist born in 1911 in Bolton, England. Sometime member Bolton Art Circle, Burnley Modern Art Group, and the Independents, exhibiting occasionally. He emigrated to New Zealand in 1961, lived in Wanganui and worked in a bakery, painting full-time after 1969. He exhibited with the Wanganui Art Society. Ceased painting in 1982, owing to deteriorating health. See biography in Art Ephemera 1990.
Bootham, Joseph, 1911-1986
Clagsworthy, Caradoc, 1911-1986
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Joe Bootham, 1911-1986; an exhibition, August 3-15, 1987 upstairs in the Bowen Gallerie...
Date: 1985
By: Bowen Galleries
Reference: ArtEph-1987-B-12
Description: Pamphlet shows a reproduction of Bootham's "Wanganui River at Aramoho" 1972, and gives a short biography of the artist on the back page. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Folded pamphlet (cropped), 100 x 100 mm. Provenance: Purchased in 2006. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-1537.
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Joe Bootham an exhibition August 3 - 15 1987, Bowen Galleries [flyer]
Date: 1987
Reference: ArtEph-1987-B-11
Manuscript
Artists' files - Correspondence
Date: 1966-1977
From: Bett, Elva Lilian, 1918-2016 : Records of the Bett Duncan Gallery
Reference: 78-115-5/01
Description: Names of identified subjects entered in Name field Quantity: 1 folder(s).
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Bootham, Joseph, 1911-1986 :Peter McLeavey. 1962.
Date: 1962
By: Bootham, Joseph, 1911-1986
Reference: G-405
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Peter McLeavey, who became director of Peter McLeavey Gallery, Wellington, in 1966. Biographical notes supplied at the Joe Bootham 1990 retrospective exhibition refer to a portrait of Peter McLeavey made on board ship to New Zealand in 1961 (See Art Ephemera 1990, Drawings and Prints, Alexander Turnbull Library). This was drawn in a pocket-sized sketchbook and is not the portrait acquired by the Library. The artist and subject met on board ship and became friends from 1962, when McLeavey spent time in Wanganui, where Bootham was living Title, including date, from label on backing board, supplied by the artist's son, Ivan Bootham. Inscriptions: Unsigned and undated.; Backing board verso - centre - [Title] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pastel on board 520 x 372 mm (sight).
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Correspondence with Michael Smither
Date: 1968-1988
From: Bootham, Ivan, 1939-2016: Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-12943-2
Description: Correspondence collected by Ivan Bootham, dating from 1968 to 1988. Includes letters from Michael Smithers to Ivan Bootham, letters addressed to Audrey and Ivan Bootham, signed "Mother and Dad" , and letters addressed to Audrey Bootham from Elizabeth Smither (signed as "Harry"). Also includes transcripts of Michael Smither radio interviews dated 1970 and 1971. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Processing information: Letters have been removed from envelopes.
Manuscript
Letters and transcripts relating to Michael Smither
Date: 1968-1988
From: Bootham, Ivan, 1939-2016: Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-10320
Description: Letters to Ivan and Joe Bootham from Michael Smither; transcripts of Michael Smither radio interviews, 1970; transcript of a tape sent to Ivan Bootham in 1968; diary entry by Joe Bootham containing reference to Michael Smither; assorted newspaper and magazine cuttings about Michael. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s) (33 pieces). Physical Description: Mss, typescript and printed matter