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'''Rona Ina Dyer''' (1923 - 2021) was a New Zealand artist, working in wood engraving, watercolours and oils.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Vangioni |first=Peter |url=https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q118224886 |title=Ink on Paper: Aotearoa New Zealand Printmakers of the Modern Era |date=2023-01-01 |publisher=Christchurch Art Gallery |isbn=978-1-877375-77-4 |pages=130 |language=English}}</ref> Her work was used to illustrate books and is also held in the permanent collection of the [[Sarjeant Gallery]] in [[Whanganui]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua |url=https://collection.sarjeant.org.nz/persons/9099/rona-dyer |access-date=18 May 2024 |website=Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua}}</ref> |
'''Rona Ina Dyer''' (1923 - 2021) was a New Zealand artist, working in wood engraving, watercolours and oils.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Vangioni |first=Peter |url=https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q118224886 |title=Ink on Paper: Aotearoa New Zealand Printmakers of the Modern Era |date=2023-01-01 |publisher=Christchurch Art Gallery |isbn=978-1-877375-77-4 |pages=130 |language=English}}</ref> Her work was used to illustrate books and is also held in the permanent collection of the [[Sarjeant Gallery]] in [[Whanganui]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua |url=https://collection.sarjeant.org.nz/persons/9099/rona-dyer |access-date=18 May 2024 |website=Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua}}</ref> |
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== Biography == |
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Before the end of [[World War II]], she began training as an art teacher at [[Dunedin Teachers' College]] and also studied education at the [[University of Otago]].<ref name=":0" /> |
Before the end of [[World War II]], she began training as an art teacher at [[Dunedin Teachers' College]] and also studied education at the [[University of Otago]].<ref name=":0" /> |
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In the early 1940s, Dyer exhibited a watercolour, an oil painting and a piece of sculpture at the Otago Art Society. She also exhibited at the London Society of Painters, Etchers and Engravers, the Society of Wood Engravers and the [[Royal Academy of Arts]]. |
In the early 1940s, Dyer exhibited a watercolour, an oil painting and a piece of sculpture at the Otago Art Society. She also exhibited at the London Society of Painters, Etchers and Engravers, the Society of Wood Engravers and the [[Royal Academy of Arts]].<ref name=":1" /> |
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== References == |
== References == |
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Revision as of 00:20, 18 May 2024
Rona Ina Dyer (1923 - 2021) was a New Zealand artist, working in wood engraving, watercolours and oils.[1] Her work was used to illustrate books and is also held in the permanent collection of the Sarjeant Gallery in Whanganui.[2]
Biography
Dyer was born in Dunedin and attended Otago Girls' High School where she was taught by painters Lula Currie and Myra Kirkpatrick. These teachers recommended Dyer continue her studies at the School of Art at King Edward Technical College in Dunedin.[3] She aso studied art at the Central School of Art and the Goldsmiths Art School in London.
Before the end of World War II, she began training as an art teacher at Dunedin Teachers' College and also studied education at the University of Otago.[3]
In the early 1940s, Dyer exhibited a watercolour, an oil painting and a piece of sculpture at the Otago Art Society. She also exhibited at the London Society of Painters, Etchers and Engravers, the Society of Wood Engravers and the Royal Academy of Arts.[2]
References
- ^ Vangioni, Peter (2023-01-01). Ink on Paper: Aotearoa New Zealand Printmakers of the Modern Era. Christchurch Art Gallery. p. 130. ISBN 978-1-877375-77-4.
- ^ a b "Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua". Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
- ^ a b 3 Dunedin Designers: Lily Daff, Rona Dyer, Eileen Mayo. Dunedin, New Zealand: The Hocken Library Gallery. 1999. pp. 15–29.
