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Catherine Wright Burcher
Born
Catherine Wright Kerry

1 July 1849
Bebington, Cheshire
DiedMay 19, 1921(1921-05-19) (aged 71)
Auckland, New Zealand
Resting placePurewa Cemetery, Meadowbank, New Zealand
Known forPainting and china painting
SpouseAlbert Edward Burcher

Catherine Wright Burcher (née Kerry; 1 July 1849 – 19 May 1921[1]) was a New Zealand artist.

Biography

Burcher was born Catherine Wright Kerry in Bebington, Cheshire, United Kingdom, to Rubens James Kerry.[2] On 9 May 1871 in Wallasey, Cheshire, she married Albert Edward Burcher, and they arrived in Auckland, New Zealand in 1878.[3][4]

She was trained by a fellow of the Royal Art Society before she left the United Kingdom.[3] She was well known for both her painting and glazing china.[2] Burcher was secretary of an Auckland society for ladies who painted china, and she was given several pieces of china by Sir George Grey for her to copy.[5]

Burcher was a member of the Auckland Art Society from its foundation and exhibited with them multiple times from 1881 to 1895.[2][3][6][7] She also exhibited with the Society of Artists in 1879 and the Colonial and Indian exhibition in London in 1886;[2][6] was on the committee of and exhibited with the New Zealand Art Students Association from 1884 to 1885;[2] and taught art at the Auckland Girls' High School and in 1882 organised an exhibition of art by the students.[8]

Edmund Blair Leighton (1897) In Time of Peril

During World World I, she made a copy of Edmund Blair Leighton's In Time of Peril, which is in the Auckland City Art Gallery (now Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki) collection.[2] It took 12 months for Burcher to make the copy and she consulted Leighton for advice as she painted.[9] Sources are divided on how much Burcher's copy sold for to benefit the Red Cross: Platts states it was £2000, whereas her obituary suggests it was £800, both, however, were well above its estimated value of £500.[2][3][10]

She died in Auckland on 19 May 1921.[1][2][3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Catherine Wright Burcher (1849–1921)". Find a Grave. Retrieved 2023-01-30.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Platts, Una (1980). Nineteenth Century New Zealand Artists: A Guide & Handbook (PDF). Christchurch: Avon Fine Prints. p. 57.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Personal". Hawke's Bay Tribune. Vol. XI, no. 131. 26 May 1921. p. 4.
  4. ^ "Deaths". New Zealand Herald. Vol. LXI, no. 18860. 7 November 1924. p. 1.
  5. ^ "Ladies' Gossip". Lyttelton Times. Vol. XCIX, no. 11580. 16 May 1898. p. 2.
  6. ^ a b "Burcher, Mrs K." findnzartists.org.nz. Retrieved 2023-01-30.
  7. ^ "The Auckland Society of Arts Exhibition". Auckland Star. Vol. XII, no. 3338. 7 April 1881. p. 2.
  8. ^ "Mrs. Burcher's Art Exhibition". Auckland Star. Vol. XVI, no. 3851. 19 December 1882. p. 2.
  9. ^ "News of the Day". Colonist. Vol. LIII, no. 13082. 17 April 1911. p. 2.
  10. ^ "Advertisements". Observer. Vol. XXXVII, no. 44. 7 July 1917. p. 20.

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