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==Early life==
==Early life==


Olivia Spencer Bower was born in [[St Neots]], [[Huntingdonshire]], [[England]] on 13 April 1905, along with her twin brother, Marmaduke.<ref name="DNZB Bower">{{DNZB|title=Catherine Olivia Orme Spencer Bower|first= Anna|last= Crighton|id=4b45|accessdate=December 2011}}</ref> Her mother, Rosa Dixon, had been brought up on a sheep station in [[Canterbury, New Zealand | Canterbury]].<ref name="DNZB Bower"/> An artist, Dixon had painted with [[Margaret Stoddart]], and travelled with Stoddart to an artist colony in [[Cornwall]], sailing on the same ship as [[Frances Hodgkins]].<ref name ='Feeney'>{{cite web|last1=Feeney|first1=Warren|title=Olivia Spencer Bower's life and legacy celebrated in a new book|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/arts/74453766/olivia-spencer-bowers-life-and-legacy-celebrated-in-a-new-book|website=Christchurch Press|accessdate=13 December 2015|date=1 December 2015}}</ref>
Olivia Spencer Bower was born in [[St Neots]], [[Huntingdonshire]], [[England]] on 13 April 1905, along with her twin brother, Marmaduke.<ref name="DNZB Bower">{{DNZB|title=Catherine Olivia Orme Spencer Bower|first= Anna|last= Crighton|id=4b45|accessdate=December 2011}}</ref> Her mother, Rosa Dixon, had been brought up on a sheep station in [[Canterbury, New Zealand|Canterbury]].<ref name="DNZB Bower"/> An artist, Dixon had painted with [[Margaret Stoddart]], and travelled with Stoddart to an artist colony in [[Cornwall]], sailing on the same ship as [[Frances Hodgkins]].<ref name ='Feeney'>{{cite web|last1=Feeney|first1=Warren|title=Olivia Spencer Bower's life and legacy celebrated in a new book|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/arts/74453766/olivia-spencer-bowers-life-and-legacy-celebrated-in-a-new-book|website=Christchurch Press|accessdate=13 December 2015|date=1 December 2015}}</ref>


In England, Dixon met and married civil engineer Anthony Spencer Bower.<ref name="DNZB Bower"/> After Anthony Bower's retirement, Rosa supported the family through painting and teaching. They moved to [[Dorset]] in 1914 and emigrated to New Zealand in 1920.<ref name="DNZB Bower"/> In Christchurch, Rosa Bower continued to work as a professional artist.<ref name ='Ferner'>{{cite web|title=Olivia Spencer Bower|url=http://www.fernergalleries.co.nz/default,293.sm|website=Ferner Galleries|accessdate=13 December 2015}}</ref>
In England, Dixon met and married civil engineer Anthony Spencer Bower.<ref name="DNZB Bower"/> After Anthony Bower's retirement, Rosa supported the family through painting and teaching. They moved to [[Dorset]] in 1914 and emigrated to New Zealand in 1920.<ref name="DNZB Bower"/> In Christchurch, Rosa Bower continued to work as a professional artist.<ref name ='Ferner'>{{cite web|title=Olivia Spencer Bower|url=http://www.fernergalleries.co.nz/default,293.sm|website=Ferner Galleries|accessdate=13 December 2015}}</ref>
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==Training and career==
==Training and career==


In England, Spencer Bower had been introduced to the techniques of watercolour painting by her school art teacher. <ref name="DNZB Bower"/> In Christchurch, she attended [[Rangi Ruru Girls' School]] and began studying at the [[Ilam School of Fine Arts|Canterbury College School of Art]] one afternoon a week.<ref name="DNZB Bower"/> Spencer Bower attended the art school for eight years in total, alongside artists such as [[Rita Angus]] and [[Rata Lovell-Smith]], leaving at the age of 24.<ref name="DNZB Bower"/>
In England, Spencer Bower had been introduced to the techniques of watercolour painting by her school art teacher.<ref name="DNZB Bower"/> In Christchurch, she attended [[Rangi Ruru Girls' School]] and began studying at the [[Ilam School of Fine Arts|Canterbury College School of Art]] one afternoon a week.<ref name="DNZB Bower"/> Spencer Bower attended the art school for eight years in total, alongside artists such as [[Rita Angus]] and [[Rata Lovell-Smith]], leaving at the age of 24.<ref name="DNZB Bower"/>


Spencer Bower then returned to England to study at the [[Slade School of Fine Art]] and undertook a painting tour of France and Italy, returning to New Zealand in 1931.<ref name="DNZB Bower"/> Spencer Bower began exhibiting with 'The Group' at this time, although she returned to study at the [[Elam School of Fine Arts]] in [[Auckland]] during the Second World War.<ref name="DNZB Bower"/>
Spencer Bower then returned to England to study at the [[Slade School of Fine Art]] and undertook a painting tour of France and Italy, returning to New Zealand in 1931.<ref name="DNZB Bower"/> Spencer Bower began exhibiting with 'The Group' at this time, although she returned to study at the [[Elam School of Fine Arts]] in [[Auckland]] during the Second World War.<ref name="DNZB Bower"/>
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*Julie King interviewed on [http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/standing-room-only/audio/201782648/olivia-spencer-bower's-discoveries Olivia Spencer Bower: Making her own discoveries], Standing Room Only, [[RNZ National]], 13 December 2015.
*Julie King interviewed on [http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/standing-room-only/audio/201782648/olivia-spencer-bower's-discoveries Olivia Spencer Bower: Making her own discoveries], Standing Room Only, [[RNZ National]], 13 December 2015.

* [http://christchurchartgallery.org.nz/multimedia/print/archive-inventories/olivia-spencer-bower-archive-inventories/ Olivia Spencer Bower archive], held by [[Christchurch Art Gallery]]
* [http://christchurchartgallery.org.nz/multimedia/print/archive-inventories/olivia-spencer-bower-archive-inventories/ Olivia Spencer Bower archive], held by [[Christchurch Art Gallery]]

* Adams, Grace, [http://www.art-newzealand.com/Issues21to30/bower.htm Afternoon Tea with Olivia Spencer Bower], ''Art New Zealand'', no. 26, Autumn 1983
* Adams, Grace, [http://www.art-newzealand.com/Issues21to30/bower.htm Afternoon Tea with Olivia Spencer Bower], ''Art New Zealand'', no. 26, Autumn 1983

* [http://christchurchartgallery.org.nz/media/uploads/2010_08/OliviaSpencerBower.pdf Olivia Spencer Bower: Retrospective], digitised copy of 1978 exhibition at Robert McDougall Art Gallery
* [http://christchurchartgallery.org.nz/media/uploads/2010_08/OliviaSpencerBower.pdf Olivia Spencer Bower: Retrospective], digitised copy of 1978 exhibition at Robert McDougall Art Gallery
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*Rosier, Pat: 'Olivia Spencer Bower' (obituary), ''Broadsheet'', no. 106, January/February 1983, pp.&nbsp;42–43

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*Rosier, Pat: 'Olivia Spencer Bower' (obituary), ''Broadsheet'', no. 106, January/February 1983, pp. 42-43

* Hamilton, Judith: "Olivia Spencer Bower: The Spinners Series", Art New Zealand 50 Autumn 1989, p 76-79.
* Hamilton, Judith: "Olivia Spencer Bower: The Spinners Series", Art New Zealand 50 Autumn 1989, p 76-79.

* Hartrick, Elizabeth: "Support and Sustenance: The Olivia Spencer Bower Foundation", Art New Zealand 88 Spring 1998, p 51-53.
* Hartrick, Elizabeth: "Support and Sustenance: The Olivia Spencer Bower Foundation", Art New Zealand 88 Spring 1998, p 51-53.


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Olivia Spencer Bower
Born
Catherine Olivia Orme Spencer Bower

(1905-04-13)13 April 1905
St Neots, England
Died8 July 1982(1982-07-08) (aged 77)
Christchurch, New Zealand
NationalityNew Zealand
EducationCanterbury College School of Art
Elam School of Fine Arts
Known forOil and Water colour painting

Catherine Olivia Orme Spencer Bower (13 April 1905 – 8 July 1982) was a New Zealand painter. Born in England, she spent her adult life in New Zealand, mostly in Christchurch.

Early life

Olivia Spencer Bower was born in St Neots, Huntingdonshire, England on 13 April 1905, along with her twin brother, Marmaduke.[1] Her mother, Rosa Dixon, had been brought up on a sheep station in Canterbury.[1] An artist, Dixon had painted with Margaret Stoddart, and travelled with Stoddart to an artist colony in Cornwall, sailing on the same ship as Frances Hodgkins.[2]

In England, Dixon met and married civil engineer Anthony Spencer Bower.[1] After Anthony Bower's retirement, Rosa supported the family through painting and teaching. They moved to Dorset in 1914 and emigrated to New Zealand in 1920.[1] In Christchurch, Rosa Bower continued to work as a professional artist.[3]

Training and career

In England, Spencer Bower had been introduced to the techniques of watercolour painting by her school art teacher.[1] In Christchurch, she attended Rangi Ruru Girls' School and began studying at the Canterbury College School of Art one afternoon a week.[1] Spencer Bower attended the art school for eight years in total, alongside artists such as Rita Angus and Rata Lovell-Smith, leaving at the age of 24.[1]

Spencer Bower then returned to England to study at the Slade School of Fine Art and undertook a painting tour of France and Italy, returning to New Zealand in 1931.[1] Spencer Bower began exhibiting with 'The Group' at this time, although she returned to study at the Elam School of Fine Arts in Auckland during the Second World War.[1]

Death and legacy

Spencer Bower died of lung cancer in Christchurch in 1982.[1] The Olivia Spencer Bower Award, a residency opportunity for artists in New Zealand, was established with funds left by the artist to a charitable trust upon her death.[4]

A biography, Olivia Spencer Bower: Making her own discoveries, by art historian Julie King, was published by Canterbury University Press in 2015.[5]

Collections

Works by Spencer Bower are held in many New Zealand public art galleries and cultural organisations, including the Auckland Art Gallery, the Alexander Turnbull Library, the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa and the Christchurch Art Gallery.

Further information

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Crighton, Anna. "Catherine Olivia Orme Spencer Bower". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved December 2011. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  2. ^ Feeney, Warren (1 December 2015). "Olivia Spencer Bower's life and legacy celebrated in a new book". Christchurch Press. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
  3. ^ "Olivia Spencer Bower". Ferner Galleries. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
  4. ^ "Olivia Spencer Bower Foundation". Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  5. ^ "Olivia Spencer Bower: Making her own discoveries". Canterbury University Press. Retrieved 13 December 2015.


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