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Frances Mary Hodgkins (28 April 1869 - 13 May 1947) was a New Zealand abstract painter who lived in England for much of her life. Events 1192 - Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I King of Jerusalem, in Tyre, two days after his title Year 1869 ( MDCCCLXIX) is a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 1497 - Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island Abstract art uses a Visual language of form color and line to create a composition which exists independently of visual references to the world England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland

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Life

Hodgkins was born in Dunedin, New Zealand in 1869, the daughter of W.M. Hodgkins a lawyer, amateur painter and principal figure in the city's art circles. Dunedin (dəˈneɪdɪn) Ōtepoti in Maori is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the principal city of the region of William Mathew Hodgkins (1833 - 1898 was a 19th century New Zealand painter She first exhibited in 1890, although she felt overshadowed by her sister, Isobel.

After early success as a watercolourist she went on to become one of the leading artists of British Modernism. Watercolor ( US) or Watercolour ( UK) (and "aquarelle" in French is a Painting method In 1893 she became a student under Girolamo Nerli. Girolamo Nerli ( 21 February 1860  – 24 June 1926) was an Italian painter who worked and travelled in Australia and In 1895-96 she attended the Dunedin School of Art.

In the early 1900s she travelled and worked in many countries including England, France, Holland and Morocco, returning to Wellington (NZ) in 1903. In 1904 Hodgkins became engaged to an Englishman, T. Boughton Wilby, after the briefest of courtships, and planned to go overseas to marry him, but the engagement was broken off at the last moment for unknown reasons. Dissatisfied with teaching, she returned to London in 1906. Her first solo show was in London in 1907. In 1911-12 she taught at Colarossi's academy in Paris.

Around 1901 she began a friendship with artist Dorothy Kate Richmond (1860-1935), whom she described as "the dearest woman with the most beautiful face and expression. Dorothy Kate Richmond (1861 - 1935 was a New Zealand painter noted for her Watercolor paintings of natural plants and animals and panoramic landscapes I am a lucky beggar to have her as a travelling companion. " [1]

The two probably met at the studio of painter Girolamo Nerli, an itinerant Italian painter who taught Hodgkins and inspired her first successes. Girolamo Nerli ( 21 February 1860  – 24 June 1926) was an Italian painter who worked and travelled in Australia and In 1903 she opened her own studio in Wellington, and in 1904 hosted a joint exhibition with Richmond. Wellington (ˈwælɪŋtən is the Capital of New Zealand, the country's second largest urban area, the Among Hodgkins' pupils at her studio were artists Edith Kate Bendall, lesbian lover of Katherine Mansfield. Kathleen Mansfield Murry ( 14 October 1888 – 9 January 1923) was a prominent New Zealand modernist writer of short fiction who wrote under the Richmond was a great influence on the art of Hodgkins, although eventually their relationship faded to the point of nonexistence. She would become involved with other women of the time, but none that maintained the lifelong influence of Richmond.

In 1929 she joined the seven and five society and worked alongside younger artists like Barbara Hepworth, Ben Nicholson and Henry Moore. Dame Barbara Hepworth DBE (January 10 1903 &ndash May 20 1975 christened Jocelyn Barbara Hepworth) was a major British Benjamin Lauder Nicholson OM, ( 10 April 1894 &ndash 6 February 1982) known as Ben Nicholson, was an English Henry Spencer Moore OM CH FBA (30 July 1898 – 31 August 1986 was an English artist and sculptor. She continued to paint into her seventies, despite suffering from rheumatism and bronchitis.

Hodgkins is most admired for the freely painted works of her later life. She died in Dorchester, Dorset, in 1947. Dorchester is a Market town in southern central Dorset, England, on the River Frome at the junction of the A35 and A37

Fellowship

The Frances Hodgkins Fellowship, established in 1962, is named for her. The Frances Hodgkins Fellowship, established in 1962 is one of New Zealand's premier arts residencies

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