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Stewart Maclennan
1st Director of the National Art Gallery
In office
1948–1968
Succeeded byMelvin Day
Personal details
Born
Stewart Bell Maclennan

(1903-05-14)14 May 1903
Dunedin, New Zealand
Died6 July 1973(1973-07-06) (aged 70)

Stewart Bell Maclennan OBE (14 May 1903 – 6 July 1973) was a New Zealand artist and was a director of the National Art Gallery of New Zealand.

Maclennan was born in Dunedin on 14 May 1903.[1] He received his art training at the Dunedin School of Art and the Royal College of Art, London.[1] In 1946 he became the education officer at the National Art Gallery, and was appointed director two years later.[1] He remained in that role until 1968.[2] He was a member of the Council of the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts from 1943 to 1949, and vice-president from 1949 to 1959.[1]

In the 1968 Queen's Birthday Honours, Maclennan was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.[3]

Maclennan died on 6 July 1973,[4] and his ashes were buried at Mākara Cemetery.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d McLintock, A.H., ed. (1966). "Maclennan, Stewart Bell". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 20 April 2020. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |editorlink= ignored (|editor-link= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ "Stewart Bell Maclennan A.R.C.A". Watercolour New Zealand. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  3. ^ "No. 44602". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 June 1968. p. 6340.
  4. ^ "Cemeteries search (cremation)". Wellington City Council. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
  5. ^ "Cemeteries search (burial)". Wellington City Council. Retrieved 3 April 2016.