Betty Curnow | |
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Born | Betty Jamaux Le Cren 31 October 1911
Timaru, New Zealand |
Died | 24 September 2005
Geraldine, New Zealand | (aged 93)
Known for | Painting |
Spouse | |
Relatives | Wystan Curnow (son) |
Elizabeth Jamaux Curnow (née Le Cren; 31 October 1911 – 24 September 2005), commonly known as Betty Curnow, was a New Zealand artist.
Born in Timaru, New Zealand, Curnow was the daughter of Charles John Le Cren and Daisy Le Cren (née Roberts). Daisy was also an artist, painting watercolours. [1] She married Allen Curnow at St Mary's Church, Timaru, on 26 August 1936. [2] The marriage was dissolved in 1965, but they had a daughter and two sons, one of whom is New Zealand poet and art critic Wystan Curnow. [3] Curnow died in Geraldine, New Zealand, in 2005. [4] [5]
Curnow was a painter and printmaker. She exhibited with the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, [6] [7] and ' The Group' [8] in 1964 [9]
She is depicted in her close friend Rita Angus' painting, Portrait of Betty Curnow. [10] [11] Curnow and Angus collaborated on the painting, selected clothing and objects that would best symbolise the threads of Curnow's life as a daughter, wife and mother. [12] The work also inspired Louise Henderson's Portrait of Betty Curnow. [13]
Works by Curnow are held in the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki. [5]
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