Alice Brusewitz (née Palmer 1858-1927) was a New Zealand commercial photographer.[1][2][3]
Alice Brusewitz | |
|---|---|
| Born | 29 July 1858  Nelson |
| Died | 20 November 1927 (aged 69) Wellington |
Born in Nelson,[3] in around 1887 Brusewitz married photographer Henry Elis Leopold Brusewitz, who had been born in Sweden and migrated to New Zealand. The couple lived in Nelson and ran a photographic business there from about 1893.[4][3] They also both exhibited photographs, for example for the opening of the Suter Art Gallery in 1899.[5][3]
She joined the Nelson Camera Club in the mid 1890s and regularly showed in their exhibitions from 1899.[3]
In 1911 Brusewitz moved to Perth, while her husband remained in Nelson where he died 1922. She returned to Nelson in 1919.[3]
References
edit- ^ Photography, Early Canterbury. "Early New Zealand Photographers: BRUSEWITZ, Henry Elis Leopold". Early New Zealand Photographers. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
- ^ "CHAMPIONSHIP SINGLES—PARKER v. FISHER. Alice Brusewitz, Photos". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f Mitchell, Lissa (2023). Through shaded glass: women and photography in Aotearoa New Zealand 1860-1960. Wellington, New Zealand: Te Papa Press. pp. 281–282. ISBN 978-0-9951384-9-0. OCLC 1374563763.
- ^ "Brusewitz, Henry Elis Leopold, 1855-1922". natlib.govt.nz. 1 January 1855. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
- ^ "Opening of the Suter Memorial Art Gallery". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
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