Eileen O'Malley
Born
Eileen Knox Rose

(1909-09-06)6 September 1909
Dunedin, New Zealand
Died21 July 2003(2003-07-21) (aged 93)
SpouseClifford John O'Malley (d. 1995)
RelativesJames Hight (uncle)
Art deco wallpaper designed by Rose

Eileen Knox O'Malley (née Rose, 6 September 1909 – 21 July 2003) was a New Zealand art teacher and artist. Some of her design work is held in the Auckland War Memorial Museum.[1]

Biography

Rose was born in Dunedin, New Zealand, on 6 September 1909, the daughter of Mary Dorothea Rose (née Green) and Arthur Brooke Rose.[2][3][4][5] Her mother's sister, Maggie, was married to James Hight.[6] Rose moved to Christchurch and enrolled in 1929 at the School of Arts at Canterbury College, graduating in 1937 with a diploma in fine arts. During this time she was friends with Betty Curnow and Rita Angus.[7] She continued her art studies at the Slade School of Fine Art in London, and in Paris, France.[2][8]

Rose returned to New Zealand in August 1939 and, after a few months as a temporary teacher at Christchurch Girls' High School and Christchurch West High School, became an art teacher at Wellington Technical College and the Correspondence School.[2][9] She taught embroidery and also practised silversmithing and jewellery making.[10] Her complex design patterns, such as the example in the Auckland War Memorial Museum, could have been created for either textile or wallpaper design.[1]

Rose married artist Clifford John O'Malley, who was a contemporary at the School of Arts in Christchurch.[7][11] She died on 21 July 2003,[3] and was buried at Makara Cemetery, Wellington.[12] She had been predeceased by her husband, Cliff, and son, John James O'Malley, who both died in 1995.[12]

References

  1. 1 2 "Wallpaper design". Auckland War Memorial Museum. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 "ATL: Unpublished Collections". tiaki.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  3. 1 2 "Death search: registration number 2003/15706". Births, deaths & marriages online. Department of Internal Affairs. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  4. ↑ "Birth search: registration number 1909/1619". Births, deaths & marriages online. Department of Internal Affairs. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  5. ↑ "Rose BMD". Christchurch City Library. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  6. ↑ "Personal notes". Evening Post. 21 December 1940. p. 18. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  7. 1 2 Curnow, Betty (December 1976). "Rita Angus: Impressions by some friends". Art New Zealand (3). Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  8. ↑ "Rose, Eileen – Artists – Australian Art Auction Records". www.artrecord.com. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  9. ↑ "Personal notes". Evening Post. 13 December 1939. p. 18. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  10. ↑ Calhoun, Ann (2000). The Arts & Crafts Movement in New Zealand, 1870–1940: Women Make Their Mark. Auckland University Press. p. 190. ISBN 1-86940-229-4. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  11. ↑ "Diploma in Fine Arts". The Press. 19 December 1936. p. 26. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  12. 1 2 "Details: O'Malley, Eileen Knox". Wellington City Council. 12 July 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
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