Charlotte Beatrice Youmans (14 April 1869 – 12 June 1957) was a New Zealand painter of landscapes, interiors, and floral still lifes.
Charlotte Youmans | |
|---|---|
| Born | 14 April 1869 |
| Died | 12 June 1957 |
| Relatives | Arthur Gordon Tovey (nephew) |
Biography
editYoumans was born in Wellington on 14 April 1869.[1]
She was exhibiting by the mid 1890s and continued to do so through the 1920s.[2] She exhibited at the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, Auckland Society of Arts, and elsewhere.[2] Some of her work is in the collection of the National Library of New Zealand, including a watercolor of the interior of what is now known as Old St. Paul's in Wellington.[3][4]
Youmans died on 12 June 1957 and her ashes were buried at Karori Cemetery.[5]
The artist Arthur Gordon Tovey was her nephew.[6] She was among the signatories to New Zealand's 1893 women's suffrage petition.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Births". The Wellington Independent. Vol. XXIV, no. 2852. 20 April 1869. p. 2. Archived from the original on 21 March 2024. Retrieved 5 September 2017 – via Papers Past.
- ^ a b Platts, Una (1980). Nineteenth Century New Zealand Artists: A Guide and Handbook (PDF). Christchurch, New Zealand: Avon Fine Prints Ltd. p. 264. OCLC 7736615. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 January 2023. Retrieved 20 March 2024 – via Christchurch City Libraries.
- ^ "Image: Youmans, Charlotte Beatrice, b.1869 :Interior of St Pauls Cathedral, Wellington. 1896". National Library of New Zealand. Archived from the original on 19 June 2021. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
- ^ "Image: Youmans, Charlotte Beatrice b 1869 :[Farmyard scene, Hutt Valley?] 1901". National Library of New Zealand. Archived from the original on 21 March 2024. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
- ^ "Cemeteries - Details - Last name: YOUMANS | First name: CHARLOTTE BEATRICE". Wellington City Council. 12 July 2012. Archived from the original on 5 September 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
- ^ Henderson, Carol (2000). "Tovey, Arthur Gordon". Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Archived from the original on 4 October 2023. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
- ^ "Women's Suffrage Petition: Charlotte Youmans". New Zealand History (NZ History). Archived from the original on 2 October 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2024.