Nancy Adkin
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Nancy Adkin | |
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 Adkin and her art, 25 December 1933, photo by Leslie Adkin | |
| Born | Nancy Florence Adkin 15 December 1916 |
| Died | 29 September 1964 (aged 47) |
| Spouse | John A. H. Ritchie |
Nancy Florence Adkin Ritchie (15 December 1916 – 29 September 1964) was a New Zealand artist.[1] She was the daughter of Leslie Adkin.[2]
Biography
[edit]Nancy Florence Adkin was born on 15 December 1916 in Levin, New Zealand, to Maud and Leslie Adkin.[1][3]
She exhibited with the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts from 1933 to 1938.[1][4] In 1940, she married John A. H. Ritchie.[5] After her marriage, she continued exhibiting with the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts from 1944 to 1953, and with both the Canterbury Society of Arts and Auckland Society of Arts, under the name Nancy Adkin Ritchie.[4][6] She, and her husband, both exhibited as part of The Group in their 1948 show.[7][8]
As well as exhibiting and selling paintings, Adkin Ritchie illustrated for Samoan school publications,[9] and one of Leslie Adkin's book covers,[10] and produced a mural for Hutt Intermediate School in 1952.[11]
Nancy Adkin Ritchie died on 29 September 1964 in Wellington, New Zealand.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Adkin, Nancy". Find NZ Artists. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- ^ Pollock, Kerryn (24 October 2018). "Pregnancy, birth and baby care - Childbirth, 19th century to 1950s". Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
- ^ a b "Nancy Adkin". Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
- ^ a b Kay, Robin; Eden, Tony (1983). Portrait of a century; the history of the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts 1882-1982. Millwood Press.
- ^ "Weddings". Dominion. Vol. 33, no. 104. 26 January 1940. p. 4.
- ^ "Ritchie, Nancy Adkin". Find NZ Artists. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
- ^ 48 Group Show Catalogue (PDF). 1948.
- ^ "Ritchie, John". Find NZ Artists. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
- ^ "Samoa 1949-50 [44 items]". collections.archives.govt.nz. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
- ^ "Nancy Adkin Ritchie's art work for cover of Leslie Adkin's book". horowhenua.kete.net.nz. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
- ^ "Mural by Nancy Adkin Ritchie, at Hutt Intermediate school". Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
External links
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- "Kōrero: Pregnancy, birth and baby care". Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
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