Editha Greville Prideaux
Editha Greville Foster | |
|---|---|
| Born | Editha Greville Prideaux August 31, 1866 |
| Died | May 24, 1954 (aged 87) |
| Style | oil painting and watercolours |
| Spouse | William Arthur Foster |
| Children | Greville Texidor |
Editha Greville Foster (née Prideaux) was a New Zealand artist, and mother to Greville Texidor.[1]
Biography
[edit]Editha Greville Prideaux was born on 31 August 1866 in Tiverton, Devon.[2][3] She travelled widely with her parents and they settled in Auckland.[2] She exhibited oil paintings with the Auckland Society of Arts from 1887 to 1895.[2][4] In 1887, she exhibited: Study in an English Garden, and Rangitoto, from Cheltenham Beach, which was reproduced in the exhibition catalogue, and she was listed in several categories in the associated Prize List.[5]
In 1888, she is listed as winning the junior medal for at the Auckland Free School of Art.[6] In 1892, she exhibits a well-received still life at the Auckland Academy of Arts exhibition at Old Choral Hall.[7] In 1893, she exhibited five paintings that were praised in the Auckland Society of Arts exhibition review: The Head of a Young Man, Old English Costume; Alsace; A Portrait of a Boy; In the Old Orchard and On the Kukahu, Canterbury.[8] In addition to her exhibiting in Auckland, she exhibited a painting titled Bulgarian Peasant at the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts in 1892.[9][10][11] In 1893, she exhibited two portraits at the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts: Lady Augusta Boyle, Mrs. Bleazard, the latter of which was published in the exhibition catalogue, and another painting entitled Brunette.[12]She also exhibited in the Canterbury Society of Arts in 1893 with Alsace, Young Man in old English Costume, and Girl in Mantilla.[10][13]
In 1895, she travelled to London to study art.[2][4] She, however, still contributed several pieces to the Auckland Society of Arts Exhibition to be displayed in her absence in the 1895 exhibition.[4] On 2 August 1900, Prideaux married William Arthur Foster in Christ Church, Holborn, and they had two daughters.[2][14] They lived at The Limes, Dudley Road, Sedgley.[15]
While in the United Kingdom, she was friends with Augustus John and Mark Gertler.[2] Stanley Spencer was also her neighbour for a short time while he was painting Resurrection, reportedly borrowing Foster's nightclothes for the women rising out of the graves.[2]
After her husband's death in 1919, she returned to painting.[2] Later, after the Second World War, she returned to New Zealand with her daughter Greville Texidor, a well known New Zealand writer.[2]
She died in Homebush, New South Wales on 24 May 1954.[2][16] Some of her illustrations are found in the archive of her daughter's work at the University of Auckland.[17]
References
[edit]- ^ Texidor, Greville (1987). In Fifteen Minutes You Can Say a Lot: Selected Fiction. Victoria University Press. ISBN 978-0-86473-046-6.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Platts, Una (1980). Nineteenth Century New Zealand Artists: A Guide and Handbook (PDF). Christchurch, New Zealand: Avon Fine Prints Limited. p. 199.
- ^ Devon Anglican Parish Registers. Taunton, Somerset, England
- ^ a b c "Society of Arts Exhibition". Auckland Star. Vol. XXVI, no. 82. 5 April 1895. p. 3.
- ^ "Auckland Society of Arts Illustrated Catalogue of the Seventh Annual Exhibition, 14 - 23 April 1887". Auckland War Memorial Museum. 1887. Retrieved 2024-10-26.
- ^ "Auckland Free School of Art". Auckland Star. Vol. XIX, no. 297. 17 December 1888. p. 8.
- ^ "Academy of Arts". New Zealand Herald. Vol. XXIX, no. 9058. 10 December 1892. p. 5.
- ^ "Auckland Society of Arts". New Zealand Herald. Vol. XXX, no. 9139. 4 March 1893. p. 5.
- ^ "New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts Fourth Exhibition Catalogue". 1892. Retrieved 2024-10-25.
- ^ a b "Prideaux, Editha Greville". findnzartists.org.nz. Retrieved 2024-10-25.
- ^ Kay, Robin; Eden, Tony (1983). Portrait of a century; the history of the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts 1882-1982 (PDF). Millwood Press. p. 209.
- ^ New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts Fifth Exhibition Catalogue (PDF). 1893.
- ^ Canterbury Society of Arts Thirteenth Annual Exhibition Catalogue. Canterbury Society of Arts. 1893.
- ^ London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; Church of England Parish Registers, 1754-1931; Reference Number: P82/CTC/A/02/001
- ^ "The Limes". www.sedgleylocalhistory.org.uk. Retrieved 2024-10-26.
- ^ England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995
- ^ "Workbook of Editha Foster nee Prideaux (Greville Texidor's mother). | Manuscripts and Archives". archives.library.auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 2024-10-25.