Adele Younghusband Explained

Adele Younghusband
Birth Name:Adela Mary Roche
Birth Date:3 April 1878
Birth Place:Te Awamutu, New Zealand
Death Place:Auckland, New Zealand
Known For:Painting and photography
Style:Abstract surrealism

Adela Mary Younghusband (née Roche, 3 April 1878 – 3 April 1969), generally known as Adele Younghusband, was a New Zealand painter and photographer.

Biography

Adela Mary Roche was born in Te Awamutu on 3 April 1878. She married Frank Younghusband in Christchurch on 1 August 1905, and they went on to have three children, before separating in about 1917.

After working as a photographic retoucher in Hamilton, Younghusband became a member of the Auckland Society of Arts in 1909. In 1919, Younghusband and her three children moved to Whangārei where she started working in a photographic studio in, and establishing herself as a successful portrait photographer.[1] Together with George Woolley, Younghusband helped establish the Whangarei Art and Literary Society, and acted as its secretary. In August 1934, with Ida Carey, Younghusband convened the inaugural meeting of the Waikato Society of Arts in Hamilton. She became its secretary and represented it on the Association of New Zealand Art Societies. In the late 1930s she developed an interest in abstract surrealism and studied with George Bell in Melbourne.[2] In 1964, Younghusband was made a life member of the Waikato Society of Arts.

Interest has grown in Younghusband's work since her death, notably with survey exhibitions organised by the Whangarei Art Museum, which holds a number of her works. The exhibition Adele Younghusband: In Context was presented in 1998 and toured to venues including the Sarjeant Gallery[3] and Te Tuhi (then known as The Fisher Gallery),[4] and the exhibition Adele Younghusband: The Cursive Line, featuring more than 70 works, was presented in 2008 and toured to venues including the Waikato Museum[5] and the Gus Fisher Gallery where it was shown under the title New Zealand Surrealist.[6] Both exhibitions were curated and toured by Whangarei Art Museum Director, Scott Pothan.

Exhibitions

Selected solo exhibitions

Younghusband was exhibited at[7]

Selected group exhibitions

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Book: Vangioni, Peter . Ink on Paper: Aotearoa New Zealand Printmakers of the Modern Era . 2023 . 9781877375774. Christchurch, New Zealand . 95–9 .
  2. Book: Kirker. Anne. New Zealand Women Artists: A Survey of 150 Years. 1993. Craftsman House. Sydney. 9768097302. 233. Rev..
  3. Web site: Sarjeant Gallery Exhibition History . Sarjeant Gallery . Whanganui District Council . 28 September 2024.
  4. Web site: Adele Younghusband: In Context . Te Tuhi . 28 September 2024.
  5. Web site: The Cursive Line - Adele Younghusband - Waikato Museum . waikatomuseum.co.nz . Hamilton City Council . 28 September 2024.
  6. Web site: Past exhibitions . Gus Fisher Gallery . The University of Auckland . 28 September 2024.
  7. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/937 Ross, Gail Macdonald. New Zealand Prints 1900-1950: An Unseen Heritage. University of Canterbury. School of Fine Arts, 2006

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