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Marion Tylee

Marion Elizabeth Tylee (25 May 1900 – 27 February 1981)[1] was a New Zealand artist.[2]

Marion Elizabeth Tylee
Born
Marion Elizabeth Tylee

(1900-05-25)25 May 1900
Pahiatua, New Zealand
Died27 February 1981(1981-02-27) (aged 80)
EducationSlade School of Fine Art, Académie Colarossi
Known forPainting – oils, watercolour, and linocuts

Private life edit

Born at Makuri near Pahiatua, New Zealand, she was the daughter of Walter Edward Charles Tylee and his wife Katherine Anne née Perry.[1] After the Second World War she settled in Palmerston North, New Zealand.[3]

Career edit

Tylee studied in New Zealand with D. K. Richmond at Miss Barber's Academy in Wellington.[4] In 1923 she atteded the Canterbury College School of Art,[5] and she won a New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts award for a watercolour.[6] She later trained with T. A. McCormack.[7] From 1926 to 1929 she attended the Slade School of Fine Art in London[8] and in 1937 at Académie Colarossi in Paris.[3]

She worked primarily in linocuts, watercolour, and oils. Works by Tylee are held at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa including: Crimson plums (1953);[9] Village in the hills (c. 1930);[10] Mount Tarawera, New Zealand (1935);[11] and Rooftops (c. 1928).[12]

After moving to Palmerston North she played a major role in the development of the Manawatu Art Gallery (now part of the Te Manawa Museum of Art, Science and History).[13][14]

Exhibitions edit

Tylee exhibited with the:

References edit

  1. ^ a b Births Deaths & Marriages Online
  2. ^ "Tylee, Marion". findnzartists.org.nz. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Tylee, Marion 1900–1981". tiaki.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  4. ^ Peter Vangioni (2023). Ink on Paper: Aotearoa New Zealand Printmakers of the Modern Era. Christchurch: Christchurch Art Gallery. ISBN 978-1-87-737577-4. Wikidata Q118224886.
  5. ^ Peter Vangioni (2023). Ink on Paper: Aotearoa New Zealand Printmakers of the Modern Era. Christchurch: Christchurch Art Gallery. ISBN 978-1-87-737577-4. Wikidata Q118224886.
  6. ^ Art Students Awards page 4, The Evening Post, 20 September 1923
  7. ^ Peter Vangioni (2023). Ink on Paper: Aotearoa New Zealand Printmakers of the Modern Era. Christchurch: Christchurch Art Gallery. ISBN 978-1-87-737577-4. Wikidata Q118224886.
  8. ^ Social News page 15, The New Zealand Herald, 15 August 1929
  9. ^ "Crimson Plums – Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  10. ^ "Village in the hills – Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  11. ^ "Mount Tarawera, New Zealand – Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  12. ^ "Rooftops – Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  13. ^ "Tylee, Marion, 1900–1981 : Papers". National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  14. ^ Peter Vangioni (2023). Ink on Paper: Aotearoa New Zealand Printmakers of the Modern Era. Christchurch: Christchurch Art Gallery. ISBN 978-1-87-737577-4. Wikidata Q118224886.
  15. ^ "Artists exhibited with Auckland Society of Arts". findnzartists.org.nz. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  16. ^ "Artists exhibited with Canterbury Society of Arts". findnzartists.org.nz. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  17. ^ "Artists exhibited with Rutland Group". findnzartists.org.nz. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  18. ^ "The Group 1934". christchurchartgallery.org.nz. Retrieved 28 September 2017.

Further reading edit

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