Esther Hope

Esther Studholme Hope (née Barker, 8 August 1885 – 16 July 1975) was a New Zealand artist.

Esther Studholme Hope
Born
Esther Studholme Barker

(1885-08-08)8 August 1885
Woodbury, New Zealand
Died16 July 1975(1975-07-16) (aged 89)
Timaru, New Zealand
EducationSlade School of Fine Art, Chelsea College of Arts
Known forPainting
Spouse(s)Henry Norman Hope
RelativesAlfred Barker (grandfather)
Michael Studholme (grandfather)
John Studholme (great-uncle)

Background

Hope was born in Woodbury, New Zealand, on 8 August 1885.[1][2][3] Her father was the farmer John Matthias Barker (1856–1933), the son of Dr Alfred Barker (1819–1873). Her grandfather, while trained as a doctor, was prominent as a photographer in colonial Christchurch. Her mother was Emily Studholme (1863–1938), the daughter of the pioneering runholder Michael Studholme (1833–1886).[4]

Barker married Henry Norman Hope in 1919,[5] and died on 16 July 1975.[3]

Education

Hope's early education was at Miss Bowen's School in Christchurch. Her first art teachers included Captain Edwyn Temple and Margaret Stoddart.[6] After travelling to England, Hope's art education included attending the Slade School of Fine Art in London, receiving tuition from Henry Tonks, John Peter Russell, and Ambrose McEvoy.[7] While in London she also studied at the Chelsea College of Arts under Ernest Borough Johnson and Frank Spenlove-Spenlove.[6]

Career

Hope is known for her watercolour paintings, specifically gouaches of Mackenzie Country.[6]

After completing her art education, Hope travelled around several European countries to paint. While in Brittany, World War I began and she was unable to return to England. Following her return she drove trucks between London docks and the city, before travelling to Malta to become a Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD). She returned to New Zealand in 1919 and began exhibiting her work there from 1920.[5] After it had been decided to build a church at Lake Tekapo, Hope prepared some sketches for a church building in 1933 and these were given to an architect in Christchurch. The Church of the Good Shepherd opened in 1935.[8]

Internationally she exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts, the Salon in Paris, the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour, and the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour.[7][5] In New Zealand Hope exhibited with:

She was represented by the several New Zealand galleries including: Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, and Aigantighe Art Gallery in Timaru.[6]

Her work is held in the collection of the Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu[16] and the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.[17]

References
  1. "Barker, Esther Studholme". findnzartists.org.nz. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  2. "Hope, Esther Studholme". findnzartists.org.nz. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  3. "Death search: registration number 1975/43455". Births, deaths & marriages online. Department of Internal Affairs. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  4. "Fruits of labour". South Canterbury NZGenWeb Project. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
  5. Aigantighe Art Gallery (1990). "South Canterbury Artists: A Retrospective View". christchurchartgallery.org.nz. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  6. Platts, Una (1980). "Hope, Esther Studholme – Nineteenth Century New Zealand Artists: A Guide & Handbook". nzetc.victoria.ac.nz. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  7. McLintock, A. H. (1940). "Esther Studholme Hope: The National Centennial of New Zealand Art Catalogue". nzetc.victoria.ac.nz. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  8. "Church of the Good Shepherd". Register of Historic Places. Heritage New Zealand. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  9. "Artists exhibited with Auckland Society of Arts". findnzartists.org.nz. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  10. "Artists exhibited with Canterbury Society of Arts". findnzartists.org.nz. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  11. "Artists exhibited with New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts". findnzartists.org.nz. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  12. Kay, Robin; Eden, Tony (1983). Portrait of a Century: The History of the N.Z. Academy of Fine Arts, 1882–1982. Millwood Press. ISBN 0908582609.
  13. "Artists exhibited with Otago Art Society". findnzartists.org.nz. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  14. "Artists exhibited with New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition, Dunedin, 1925-6". findnzartists.org.nz. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  15. "Catalogue of the International Exhibition of the Fine Arts". christchurchartgallery.org.nz. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  16. "Collection – Esther Studholme Hope". christchurchartgallery.org.nz. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  17. "Esther Hope – Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 25 October 2017.

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