Makeig, Mary Amelia, 1855-1943
New Zealand artist. Painted in oils.
Born in Hobart, Tasmania, 18 December 1855 to George Andrewes Makeig (died 12 Oct 1889) and Eliza Harriet Dean (died 17 Feb 1901).
Listed in Wises Post Office Directory for 1906 as a Teacher of painting, Cathedral Square, Christchurch. Exhibited at the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, Wellington, between 1898-1911. An oil of Sydney Heads is held in a New Zealand private collection, acquired in Christchurch in the early twentieth century.
Died in 1943 aged 84 years. Buried in Christchurch, as were her parents and some of her siblings.
Image
Date:
1905
By:
Makeig, Mary Amelia, 1855-1943; Radcliffe, Norman Cyril Wilmot, 1863-1945; New Zealand. High Commission (Great Britain)
Reference:
G-360
Description:
A view from the flank of a tussock-covered hill across native bush to the Kaikoura Range in the background
Woodbank Station and homestead are located south of the Clarence River, west of Clarence settlement, north of Kaikoura township.
Inscriptions: Signed: M.A. Makeig; Verso - Label on verso: This picture belonged to the Rev. Norman Cyril Wilmot Radcliffe D.D. From 1903 to 1908 he was vicar of Hamilton.
Quantity: 1 oil(s).
Physical Description: Oil on board 467 x 307 mm
Provenance: Donated by N Z High Commission, London, 28 April 1976
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