Margaret Brenda Holloway Explained

Margaret Brenda Holloway (née North) (1882–1944) was a New Zealand artist who primarily painted watercolours of Southland Region landscapes. She was wife to John Ernest Holloway and mother to Jack Holloway.

Biography

Margaret Brenda North was born in 1882.^{[1] [2]} In 1908, she married John Ernest Holloway, the botanist and Anglican priest.^[3] They had at least one daughter and a son, Jack Holloway.

She produced water colours, largely of Southland. She won first and second place for landscape watercolours at the Oxford Show, Christchurch in 1915.^[4] She exhibited at the Otago Art Society frequently from 1929 to 1941. The following works were recorded with positive reviews in newspaper reports at the time:

• 1929: "Early Morning, Wakatipu"^[5] and "The Road Through the Beech Forest"^[6]
• 1930: "Evening, Diamond Lake"^[7]
• 1932: "ln a Shropshire Village"^[8]
• 1933: "Unsettled Weather, Diamond Lake"^[9] and "The Routeburn Flat"^[10]
• 1934: "Ben Lomond from Walter Peaks"^[11]
• 1936: Four artworks including "Rata, South Otago Coast," "Young Gum Tree" and "Early Morning, Lake Te Anau"^{[12] [13]}
• 1937: "A Roslyn Landmark" and "Above Purakanui"^[14]
• 1938: "A Study of Mount Lily Leaves"^[15]
• 1941: "Showery Weather, Westland" and "A Bush Road, South Westland"^{[16] [17]}

Several of her art works are held by the Turnbull and Hocken Libraries.^{[18] [19]}

She died on 21 May 1944 in Timaru.^[20]

Notes and References

1. Book: Platts, Una . Nineteenth Century New Zealand Artists: A Guide and Handbook . 1980 . Avon Fine Arts Publications Limited . Christchurch, New Zealand . 128.
2. Web site: Holloway, Margaret Brenda . 2024-10-23 . findnzartists.org.nz.
3. News: 7 September 1945 . Obituary . . 6 . 25942.
4. News: 25 March 1915 . OXFORD SHOW . Sun (Christchurch) . 8 . II . 351.
5. News: 11 November 1929 . Untitled . Evening Star . 10 . 20329.
6. News: 30 November 1929 . Untitled . Evening Star . 14 . 20346.
7. News: 29 November 1930 . Otago Art Society . Evening Star . 14 . 20654.
8. News: 15 November 1932 . Otago Art Society . Evening Star . 5 . 21260.
9. News: 21 November 1933 . OTAGO ART SOCIETY . Evening Star . 3 . 21574.
10. News: 2 June 1933 . Otago Art Society . Evening Star . 2 . 21427.
11. News: 15 November 1934 . Untitled . Evening Star . 8 . 21878.
12. News: 31 October 1936 . Otago Art Society . Evening Star . 10 . 22484.
13. News: 24 October 1936 . Art Society's Exhibition . . 22 . 23020.
14. News: 30 November 1937 . Otago Art Society . Evening Star . 15 . 22819.
15. News: 3 May 1938 . The Sketched Art . Evening Star . 7 . 22947.
16. News: 21 May 1941 . Otago Art Society . Evening Star . 5 . 23890.
17. News: 22 May 1941 . ART SOCIETY'S EXHIBITION . . 9 . 24613.
18. Web site: Holloway, Margaret Brenda, 1882-1944 . 2024-10-23 . natlib.govt.nz.
19. Web site: Looking up the Dart Valley, Paradise . 2024-10-23 . hakena.otago.ac.nz . en.
20. News: 23 May 1944 . Deaths . Nelson Evening Mail . 4 . 79.