Marion Tylee
Marion Elizabeth Tylee | |
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Born | Marion Elizabeth Tylee 25 May 1900 Pahiatua, New Zealand |
Died | 27 February 1981 | (aged 80)
Education | Slade School of Fine Art, Académie Colarossi |
Known for | Painting – oils, watercolour, and linocuts |
Marion Elizabeth Tylee (25 May 1900 – 27 February 1981)[1] was a New Zealand artist.[2]
Private life[]
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[]
Tylee studied in New Zealand with D. K. Richmond and T. A. McCormack. In 1923, she won a New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts award for a watercolour.[4] From 1926 to 1929 she attended the Slade School of Fine Art in London[5] 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);[6] Village in the hills (c. 1930);[7] Mount Tarawera, New Zealand (1935);[8] and Rooftops (c. 1928).[9]
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).[10]
Exhibitions[]
Tylee exhibited with the:
- Auckland Society of Arts[11]
- Canterbury Society of Arts[12]
- New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts
- Rutland Group[13]
- The Group (1934)[14]
References[]
- ^ a b Births Deaths & Marriages Online
- ^ "Tylee, Marion". findnzartists.org.nz. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
- ^ a b "Tylee, Marion 1900–1981". tiaki.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
- ^ Art Students Awards page 4, The Evening Post, 20 September 1923
- ^ Social News page 15, The New Zealand Herald, 15 August 1929
- ^ "Crimson Plums – Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
- ^ "Village in the hills – Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
- ^ "Mount Tarawera, New Zealand – Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
- ^ "Rooftops – Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
- ^ "Tylee, Marion, 1900–1981 : Papers". National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
- ^ "Artists exhibited with Auckland Society of Arts". findnzartists.org.nz. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
- ^ "Artists exhibited with Canterbury Society of Arts". findnzartists.org.nz. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
- ^ "Artists exhibited with Rutland Group". findnzartists.org.nz. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
- ^ "The Group 1934". christchurchartgallery.org.nz. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
Further reading[]
Artist files for Marion Tylee are held at:
- E. H. McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
- Hocken Collections Uare Taoka o Hākena
- Te Aka Matua Research Library, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Also see:
- Concise Dictionary of New Zealand Artists McGahey, Kate (2000) Gilt Edge
- 1906 births
- 1969 deaths
- New Zealand painters
- New Zealand women painters
- People from Palmerston North
- Alumni of the Slade School of Fine Art
- Académie Colarossi alumni
- People from Carterton, New Zealand
- People associated with the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
- People associated with the Rutland Group
- People associated with the Canterbury Society of Arts
- People associated with the Auckland Society of Arts
- New Zealand artist stubs
- Painter stubs