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Frances Hodgkins

1869–1947

Portrait of Kitty West 1939
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Biography

Frances Mary Hodgkins (28 April 1869 – 13 May 1947) was a New Zealand painter chiefly of landscape, and for a short period was a designer of textiles. Born in Dunedin, she was educated Dunedin School of Art, then became an art teacher, earning money to study in England.

A modernist artist, hallmarks such as abstracted, simplified forms and a strong emphasis on colour values and relationships. She was considered to be a key figure in British Modernism, also considered one of New Zealand's most prestigious and influential painters. However, it is the work from her life in Europe, rather than her home country, on which her reputation rests.

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The Lake

Frances Hodgkins
c.1930–5

Broken Tractor

Frances Hodgkins
1942

Loveday and Ann: Two Women with a Basket of Flowers

Frances Hodgkins
1915
On display at Tate St Ives part of Modern Art and St Ives

Seated Woman

Frances Hodgkins
c.1925–30

Flatford Mill

Frances Hodgkins
1930
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Wings over Water

Frances Hodgkins
1930

Still Life

Frances Hodgkins
c.1929

Portrait of Kitty West

Frances Hodgkins
1939
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Frances Hodgkins

Sir Cedric Morris, Bt
c.1917
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Sketch titled ‘Arrangement of Jugs’

Frances Hodgkins
1938
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Gridded photograph of a harbour scene

Frances Hodgkins
[1939–45]
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Photograph of houses and steps

Frances Hodgkins
[1939–45]
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Drawing of a reclining woman

Frances Hodgkins
date not known
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