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    Olivia Spencer Bower

    England / Aotearoa New Zealand, b.1905, d.1982

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    • c. 1970
    • Acrylic
    • Purchased, 1981
    • 1150 x 830 x 37mm
    • 81/08

    Tags: clouds, landscapes (representations), mountains, natural landscapes, people (agents), spinners, wash technique, women (female humans)

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    Exhibition History

    Olivia Spencer Bower Queenstown and the Lake from the Snowfields date unknown. Watercolour and pencil. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, purchased 1976 
    Olivia Spencer Bower: Views from the Mainland
    W.A. Sutton Colour sketch for 'Homage to Frances Hodgkins' 1951. Oil, gift of the artist, 1978 (78/81)
    Bloomsbury South: The Arts in Christchurch 1933-1953
    John Coley Lone pedestrian Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, purchased 1974
    40 out of 40: Canterbury Painters 1958-1998
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    A Canterbury Perspective Nga Taonga Titiro Whakamuri i Roto i Waitaha
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    Olivia Spencer Bower Retrospective
    Recent Painting in Canterbury catalogue cover (detail)
    Recent Painting in Canterbury
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