Betty Curnow
Born
Betty Jamaux Le Cren

(1911-10-31)31 October 1911
Timaru, New Zealand
Died24 September 2005(2005-09-24) (aged 93)
Geraldine, New Zealand
Known forPainting
Spouse
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(m. 1936; div. 1965)​
RelativesWystan Curnow (son)

Elizabeth Jamaux Curnow (née Le Cren; 31 October 1911 – 24 September 2005), commonly known as Betty Curnow, was a New Zealand artist.

Background

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]

Career

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]

References

  1. ↑ "LE CREN, Daisy née Roberts 1881–1951 | NZETC". nzetc.victoria.ac.nz. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  2. ↑ "Curnow—Le Cren". Timaru Herald. Vol. 142, no. 20507. 27 August 1936. p. 12. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  3. ↑ "Allen Curnow". The Telegraph. 2 October 2001. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  4. ↑ "Curnow, Betty". findnzartists.org.nz. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  5. 1 2 "Betty Curnow". Auckland Art Gallery. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  6. ↑ "Artists exhibited with New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts". findnzartists.org.nz. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  7. ↑ Kay, Robin; Eden, Tony (1983). Portrait of a Century: The History of the N.Z. Academy of Fine Arts, 1882–1982. Millwood Press. ISBN 0908582609.
  8. ↑ "The Group 1927 - 1977: an annotated bibliography - Heritage - Christchurch City Libraries". christchurchcitylibraries.com. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  9. ↑ "The Group 1964". christchurchartgallery.org.nz. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  10. ↑ "Portrait of Betty Curnow". Auckland Art Gallery. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  11. ↑ "Betty Curnow's Notes on Rita Angus". Auckland Art Gallery. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  12. ↑ "Betty Curnow, by Rita Angus". teara.govt.nz. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  13. ↑ "Portrait of Betty Curnow". christchurchartgallery.org.nz. Retrieved 21 October 2017.

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