Artist. Born Gore, educated Dunedin, trained as a teacher, and later became a journalist and women's editor on Dunedin's Evening Star. Married politician David Allan Highet (1913-1992) in 1976. Fellow of New Zealand Acadmemy of Fine Arts, awarded CBE in 1994. Died Wellington, 27 September 2001. Obituaries, Evening Post, 27 September and Dominion 28 September.
McFarlane, Shona Graham, 1929-2001
McFarlane, Francis Ledingham, 1888-1948 : Papers
Date: 1916-1927
By: McFarlane, Francis Ledingham, 1888-1948
Reference: MS-Papers-2409
Description: The papers include diaries of his service in Mesopotamia, Jan 1916-Oct 1919, ephemera including sketches by McFarlane and photographs Accompanying material - School project on Iraq by Shona McFarlane, which includes sketches by her father F L McFarlane served with the NZ Engineers Wireless Troop Quantity: 3 folder(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, mss, photographs and printed matter Finding Aids: Inventory available. Transfers: (transferred from Photograhic Archive) (Acc 83-246) Sketchbooks and loose drawings in Photographic Archives.
McFarlane, Shona Graham, 1930-2001 :[St Paul's Cathedral, The Octagon, Dunedin. 1960s?]
Date: 1960 - 1970
By: McFarlane, Shona Graham, 1929-2001; Lilburn, Douglas Gordon, 1915-2001
Reference: C-119-026
Description: Shows the facade of the church. Shona McFarlane was resident in Dunedin in the 1960s, hence the suggested date on this work. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Shona McFarlane Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on sheet, 635 x 449 mm. Provenance: These items were held in the home of Douglas Lilburn at the time of his death and were bequeathed to the Library Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - A2001-172.
Photograph of the donation of the portrait of Dame Whina Cooper
Date: 1983
Reference: 1/4-054883
Description: Photograph of the donation (by Dr Kathleen Standage) of a portrait of Dame Whina Cooper by the artist Hazel Kells. It shows Hazel Kells and James Trane holding the portait with Shona McFarlane alongside. Photographer was probably Graham Simpson. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film ¼ plate negative
Photographs of unidentified professional men and one woman
Date: [1980s]
From: Sheffield House Publications Collection
Reference: PA12-10965
Description: Photographs of unidentified professional men and one woman. Among the those represented are artist Shona McFarlane; Architect Michael Fowler; Politician Jack Marshall. Quantity: 10 colour original transparency/ies.
Roberts, Rex, fl 1970-1990s (collector) :[Collection of art exhibition catalogues, 1977...
Date: 1977 - 1980
From: Roberts, Rex, fl 1970-1990s (collector) :[Collection of art exhibition and dealers' catalogues, 1914-1999].
By: J H Bethune and Company Ltd; McArthur & Company
Reference: E-929-F-007
Description: Includes: New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts catalogues: Spring 1978; Williams Art Award 25 October - 9 November 1980; Representational catalogue, 8-28 March 1980. Auction catalogues: J H Bethune book auction 8 November 1977. McArthur & Co: 19 October 1977, 25-26 May 1978, 29 November 1978. Dunbar Sloane Ltd: Montague C Ongley Estate of antique arms [Feb 1977]; Fine art sale 20 April 1978 [dated 1972]; National art sale [May 1979], 30 November 1978, 16 November 1979; Captain Thomas Howard Collection of Japanese and Chinese works of art [January 1980]; 16 May 1980; National art auction 14 November 1980. Periodicals: Robert McDougall Art Gallery. "Survey" no 17 (May 1978) Monographs (catalogues): Auckland City Art Gallery. Recent acquisitions; works on paper. 1977-1979. Benson & Hedges art awards 1978. Catalogue. Canterbury Society of Arts 1880-1980. A Robert McDougall Art Gallery publication. Christchurch New Zealand 1980 (T L Rodney Wilson, with Neil Roberts and Nola Barron) Raymond Ching. Recent paintings & drawings. Folio Prints, 1977. (in slip case) Edith Collier in retrospect. Sarjeant Gallery, 1980. Don Driver; a survey of his life and works, incorporating a catalogue of the Don Driver 1965-1978 exhibition, with essays by Michael Dunn and Nigel Best, and compiled by R N O'Reilly. Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand, 1979 Robert Nettleton Field. Retrospective exhibition ... organised by the Dunedin Public Art Gallery, 1979. Ivy Fife. Retrospective exhibition 1938-1976. Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch. February 16 - March 18, 1977. Catalogue. Tony Fomison; a survey of his painting and drawing from 1961 to 1979. The Group 1927-1977. (An issue of "Survey". Number 16, November 1977) Grace Joel; paintings and drawings. Dunedin Public Art Gallery, 1980 Kelliher Art Prize Winners exhibition 1956-1977. Shona McFarlane retrospective exhibition. Dunedin Public Art Gallery 1979 Colin McCahon. "Necessary protection"; the catalogue of a travelling exhibition of paintings from Colin McCahon's various series from 1971 to 1976, introduced by Wystan Curnow. Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, 1977. Olivia Spencer Bower. Retrospective. Essay by Alison Mitchell. [ca 1975] Grahame Sydney. Recent works. Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch 13 September - 13 October 1978; Dowse Art Gallery, Lower Hutt, 26 October - 26 November 1978. Carl Sydow (1940-1975) Memorial exhibition. Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch, 1979. Gustavus Ferdinand Von Tempsky; the man and the artist. Waikato Art Museum 11 May to 4 June 1978. Philip Trusttum selected works, 1962-1979. Sarjeant Gallery 1980. Quantity: 19 monographs, 12 auction catalogues, 1 periodical, and 3 NZAFA catalogues. Physical Description: Booklets and monographs sizes varying. Provenance: Donated by Mr Rex Roberts in 2003.
McFarlane, Shona. Retrospective exhibition. Dunedin Public Art Gallery, 1979. [Exhibiti...
Date: 1979
By: Dunedin Public Art Gallery
Reference: ArtEph-1979-M-01
McFarlane, Shona 1930-2001 :Allan Highet, M P / Arrangement with jellybeans, 1981 / Sho...
Date: 1981
By: McFarlane, Shona Graham, 1929-2001
Reference: C-085-122-a
Description: Still life Same as C-085-122-122 Extended Title - Capper contemporary New Zealand Art Prints Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, coloured 430 x 540 mm on sheet 580 x 730 mm
Miscellaneous material on artists
Date: 1971-1985
From: Bett, Elva Lilian, 1918- 2016: Records of Elva Bett Gallery and papers relating to her publications
Reference: 89-026-061
Description: Exhibition catalogues, invitations and related material. Most of the artists names are entered in Name field Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Shona McFarlane and Heather Francis, [a joint exhibition by sisters]. Millwood gallery ...
From: Art Ephemera, 1992
Reference: ArtEph-1992-M-09
Milford Gallery. Sometimes Seeing Double. A combined exhibition of Shona McFarlane and ...
Date: 1995
Reference: ArtEph-1995-M-39
McFarlane, Shona 1930-2001 :Allan Highet, M P / Arrangement with jellybeans, 1981 / Sho...
Date: 1981
By: McFarlane, Shona Graham, 1929-2001
Reference: C-085-122
Description: Still life Same as C-085-122-122a Extended Title - Capper contemporary New Zealand Art Prints Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, coloured 430 x 540 mm on sheet 580 x 730 mm
Artists' files - Correspondence
Date: 1966-1977
From: Bett, Elva Lilian, 1918-2016 : Records of the Bett Duncan Gallery
Reference: 78-115-5/06
Description: Names of identified subjects entered in Name field Quantity: 1 folder(s).
[Posters advertising exhibitions of graphic arts and two-dimensional artworks. 1979]
Date: 1979
Reference: Eph-C-GRAPHIC-ARTS-1979
Description: Includes: Rita Angus. Works on paper from the Angus estate. National Art Gallery, 28 June - 26 August [1979] Terry Archer. "Simple rains"; exhibition of recent paintings amd prints. Rawa House (top Cuba Street), October ... [1979] Clairmont paintings, prints, from Sept 3. Elva Bett Gallery, 147 Cuba St., Wellington [1979] (2 copies) Neil Dawson "Interiors". Elva Bett Gallery, Nov 19-30 79 [1979] (2 copies) Tony Lane. Elva Bett Gallery, Aug 6 [-] 19 [1979] (2 copies, one b&w and one on yellow paper) Shona McFarlane retrospective exhibition. Waikato Art Museum, May 29 - June 24 [1979] (2 copies) Exhibition. New Zealand Students' Arts Council (Inc) presents "Walking the line"; works by 3 young Auckland artists ... Sally Griffin, Ralph Paine, Alan Moyes (2 copies, one 2-sided, one with only one side printed) Stanley Palmer; new prints and drawings. December 3rd - December 22nd, including stages of the printing process - drawings, plates, proofs and final edition prints. Elva Bett Galleries, 147 Cuba Street. [1979]. Parihaka; a selection of paintings from the Parihaka series by Selwyn Muru will be on exhibition at the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery New Plymouth from October 24th to November 18th [+ text in Maori. 1979] Woollastons in Wellington; portraits and landscapes by M T Woollaston. Dowse Art Gallery, November 8th to December 2nd [1979] Quantity: 9 colour photo-mechanical print(s). 3 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs, on sheets, sizes varying around 430 x 300 mm. Provenance: Donated from various sources.
McFarlane, Francis Ledingham, 1888-1948 :[Sketches from war service in India and the Mi...
Date: 1916-1918
By: McFarlane, Francis Ledingham, 1888-1948; McFarlane, Shona Graham, 1929-2001
Reference: E-287/291-q
Description: Subjects: Landscapes, buildings, portraits, caricatures and cartoons done in Palestine, Egypt, Iran, Iraq and India while serving with Australian and New Zealand Mounted Division Some items signed Quantity: 5 sketchbook(s). Physical Description: Watercolour or ink 345 x 247 mm Transfers: Diaries, papers and photos transferred to MSS Section.See library reference MS-Papers-2409. - - For other art material by Francis McFarlane deposited at same time and of the same provenance, see Library references C-057-014/017; B-046-009/011; A-184-009/057..
McFarlane, Shona, 1930-2001 :Allan Highet, M P / Shona McFarlane - 1973
Date: 1973
By: McFarlane, Shona Graham, 1929-2001
Reference: G-319
Description: Head and shoulders sketch, extending the length of the subject's tie. Painted on white ground Inscriptions: Title inscribed by artist on backing board, with artist's name and address Quantity: 1 acrylic(s) on hardboard. Physical Description: Acrylic 758 x 606 mm
Allan Highet and his wife Shona McFarlane at a party in Hollywood, California, United S...
Date: 1980
From: Highet, Allan :Photographs of his political & his private life
Reference: PAColl-3010-1-002
Description: Allan Highet and his wife Shona McFarlane at a party in Hollywood, California, United States, in 1980. Shows them side by side, smiling at the camera, standing alongside a table holding two lobsters. Highet holds a wine glass. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 20.2 x 25.2 cm
McFarlane, Shona Graham, 1929-2001 :Self portrait. 1972
Date: 1972
By: McFarlane, Shona Graham, 1929-2001
Reference: G-569
Description: Shows a half-length frontal self-portrait of the artist, aged about 42. Her dark shoulder-length hair is swept back from her forehead. She wears a green turtleneck jumper and a mauve jacket over top. She gazes off to the viewer's right. Behind her is a painting of two African figures, which appear to be a mother and child Inscriptions: Verso - centre - NFS / Self portrait '72 / Shona McFarlane 28 Ings Ave Dunedin / Otago Art Society [in brushpoint] Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil on board, 800 x 600 mm, in frame 845 x 640 mm
Exhibition ephemera
Date: 1991-2020
From: Millwood Gallery: Ephemera
Reference: Eph-A-0008
Description: Comprises ephemera relating to exhibitions, book launches, and other events held at Millwood Gallery, Wellington, between September 1991 and December 2020. Includes invitations, flyers, and other promotional material such as bookmarks. Artists and authors represented amongst the material are: Annie Baird; Vivian Manthel-French; Annie Hayward; Shona McFarlane; Heather Francis; Pauline O'Sullivan; Dale Waters; Des Robertshaw; Judith Trevelyan; Philip Beadle; Ted Sherwen; Hilary Tipping; Susie Stone; Alfred Memelink; Janet de Wagt; Sue Schaare; Margaret Palmer; Rosie Belton; Robin Kay; and Lyn Crutchley. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s) comprising 42 pieces of ephemera. Processing information: Library reference changed 15 May 2024. Previous reference: MS-Papers-12762.