Anne Hamblett

Anne McCahon (née Hamblett – 11 October 1915 – 30 December 1993) was a New Zealand artist who emerged as part of a lively South Island art scene in the 1930s, often taking trips into the countryside on painting excursions with fellow artists Doris Lusk, Toss Woollaston and Edith Woollaston, and her eventual husband, Colin McCahon.[1] Hamblett studied and first exhibited in Dunedin in the 1930s and 1940s. Her artistic output was circumscribed after she married fellow modernist artist Colin McCahon in 1942. Her work has rarely been exhibited since her early Dunedin painting days (c. 1934–1944) and her first solo show took place posthumously in 2016 at Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery.[2]

Anne Hamblett
Born(1915-10-11)11 October 1915
Mosgiel, Otago, New Zealand
Died30 December 1993(1993-12-30) (aged 78)
Auckland, Auckland Region, New Zealand
NationalityNew Zealander
Known forPainter
MovementModernism
Spouse(s)Colin McCahon (1919–1987)

Married life

Hamblett married fellow artist Colin McCahon (1919–1987) in 1942 at St. Matthew's Church, Dunedin.

As McCahon relied on seasonal work for income, Hamblett returned to live with her parents. Over the next five years, their time together was intermittent. The couple had four children - two daughters and two sons: William, Catherine, Victoria and Matthew.[3] Hamblett was a significant presence in what is now known as McCahon House, where the family lived from 1953-59, managing the household, hosting guests, and supplementing the family income through illustration work.

Family house museum and artists' residency

The McCahon family house in French Bay, Titirangi, Auckland, now serves as a small museum about the McCahon family. The house is surrounded by large kauri trees.[4]

There is a more contemporary house and studio in the same section which serves as the base for the McCahon House artists' residency. The contemporary house hosts three artists for three months every year.[5]

References
  1. “A Table of One's Own: the Creative Life of Anne McCahon.” A Table of One's Own: the Creative Life of Anne McCahon - Te Uru, www.teuru.org.nz/index.cfm/whats-on/calendar/a-table-of-one-s-own-the-creative-life-of-anne-mccahon/.
  2. Douglas, Jessica. “THROUGH THE LENS OF ANNE MCCAHON: MID-TWENTIETH CENTURY FEMALE ARTISTS IN NEW ZEALAND.” Edited by Nadia Gush, The New Zealand Journal of Public History, 2018, www.waikato.ac.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/449867/03-DOUGLAS-lens-of-Anne-McCahon.pdf.
  3. "Colin McCahon The Luminary". NZedge. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
  4. "McCahon house museum". Mccahonhouse.org.nz. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  5. "Artists' Residency". Mccahonhouse.org.nz. Retrieved 5 November 2014.


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