Bessie Blomfield
Elizabeth Blomfield (10 August 1880 – 17 August 1984)[1] was a New Zealand artist.[2][3][4] Her work is held in the permanent collection of the Hocken Collections, Dunedin.[5]
Biography
[edit]Blomfield was born in Auckland to painter Charles Blomfield and his wife Ellen. She learnt painting from her father and C. F. Goldie and specialised in floral paintings and portraits; later in her life she also painted landscapes.[5]
She exhibited with the Otago Art Society and the Auckland Society of Arts. One of her oil paintings of Dunedin is in the Hocken Collections.
Blomfield was buried at Hillsborough Cemetery, in a plot adjacent to her father's grave.[6]
Personal life
[edit]Blomfield married William Kendon in 1908 and following her marriage exhibited as Bessie Kendon or Elizabeth Kendon.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Death search: registration number 1984/37930". Births, deaths & marriages online. Department of Internal Affairs. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- ^ "Elizabeth W. Kendon (Bessie) Blomfield. 1880-? New Zealand - List All Works". www.aasd.com.au. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- ^ Taonga, New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu. "Blomfield, Charles". teara.govt.nz. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- ^ "Blomfield, Elizabeth W. Kendon (Bessie) - Artists - Australian Art Auction Records". www.artrecord.com. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- ^ a b c "BLOMFIELD, Elizabeth ("Bessie") Mrs W. Kendon b.1880 | NZETC". nzetc.victoria.ac.nz. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- ^ Reidy, Jade (2013). Not Just Passing Through: the Making of Mt Roskill (2nd ed.). Auckland: Puketāpapa Local Board. ISBN 978-1-927216-97-2. OCLC 889931177. Wikidata Q116775081.
