Adele Younghusband

Adele Younghusband
Adele Younghusband
	Younghusband c. 1900
Born	Adela Mary Roche; 3 April 1878; Te Awamutu, New Zealand
Died	3 April 1969 (aged 91); Auckland, New Zealand
Known for	Painting and photography
Style	Abstract surrealism

Adela Mary Younghusband (née Roche, 3 April 1878 – 3 April 1969), generally known as Adele Younghusband, was a New Zealand painter and photographer.

Biography

Adela Mary Roche was born in Te Awamutu on 3 April 1878. She married Frank Younghusband in Christchurch on 1 August 1905, and they went on to have three children, before separating in about 1917.[1]

After working as a photographic retoucher in Hamilton, Younghusband became a member of the Auckland Society of Arts in 1909. In 1919, Younghusband began running a photographic studio in Whangarei, and establishing herself as a successful portrait photographer. Together with George Woolley, Younghusband helped establish the Whangarei Art and Literary Society, and acted as its secretary. In August 1934, with Ida Carey, Younghusband convened the inaugural meeting of the Waikato Society of Arts in Hamilton. She became its secretary and represented it on the Association of New Zealand Art Societies. In the late 1930s she developed an interest in abstract surrealism and studied with George Bell in Melbourne.[2] In 1964, Younghusband was made a life member of the Waikato Society of Arts.[1]

Exhibitions

Selected solo exhibitions

Younghusband was exhibited at[3]

An Exhibition of Paintings and Lino-Cuts by Adele Younghusband, Lodestar Galleries Sydney, 1937
Solo Exhibition Auckland Society of Arts, 1941
Solo Exhibition Waikato Society of Arts, 1945
Solo Exhibition Auckland Society of Arts, 1957
John Leech Gallery Auckland, 1991
Adele Younghusband In Context, Whangarei Art Museum, 1998

Selected group exhibitions

New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts Annual Exhibition, 1932
New Zealand Society of Artists First General Exhibition, 1933
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Toi Te Papa | Art Of The Nation, 2005

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References

Ringer, Mim. "Younghusband, Adela Mary". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
Kirker, Anne (1993). New Zealand Women Artists: A Survey of 150 Years (Rev. ed.). Sydney: Craftsman House. p. 233. ISBN 9768097302.
Ross, Gail Macdonald. New Zealand Prints 1900-1950: An Unseen Heritage. University of Canterbury. School of Fine Arts, 2006