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Marion Tylee
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Marion Elizabeth Tylee (25 May 1900 – 27 February 1981)[1] was a New Zealand artist.[2]
Key Information
Private life
[edit]Born at Makuri near Pahiatua, New Zealand, she was the daughter of Walter Edward Charles Tylee and his wife Katherine Anne née Perry.[1] Her aunt, Alice Lethbridge Avery (née Perry) was also a New Zealand artist.[3] After the Second World War she settled in Palmerston North, New Zealand.[3]
Career
[edit]Tylee studied in New Zealand with D. K. Richmond at Miss Barber's Academy in Wellington.[4] In 1923 she attended the Canterbury College School of Art,[5] and she won a New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts award for a watercolour.[6] She later trained with T. A. McCormack.[7] From 1926 to 1929 she attended the Slade School of Fine Art in London[8] 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);[9] Village in the hills (c. 1930);[10] Mount Tarawera, New Zealand (1935);[11] and Rooftops (c. 1928).[12]
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).[13][14]
Exhibitions
[edit]Tylee exhibited with the:
- Auckland Society of Arts[15]
- Canterbury Society of Arts[16]
- New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts
- Rutland Group[17]
- The Group (1934)[18]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Births Deaths & Marriages Online
- ^ "Tylee, Marion". findnzartists.org.nz. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
- ^ a b c "Tylee, Marion 1900–1981". tiaki.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
- ^ Peter Vangioni (2023). Ink on Paper: Aotearoa New Zealand Printmakers of the Modern Era. Christchurch: Christchurch Art Gallery. ISBN 978-1-877375-77-4. OCLC 1370607329. OL 51712170M. Wikidata Q118224886.
- ^ Peter Vangioni (2023). Ink on Paper: Aotearoa New Zealand Printmakers of the Modern Era. Christchurch: Christchurch Art Gallery. ISBN 978-1-877375-77-4. OCLC 1370607329. OL 51712170M. Wikidata Q118224886.
- ^ Art Students Awards page 4, The Evening Post, 20 September 1923
- ^ Peter Vangioni (2023). Ink on Paper: Aotearoa New Zealand Printmakers of the Modern Era. Christchurch: Christchurch Art Gallery. ISBN 978-1-877375-77-4. OCLC 1370607329. OL 51712170M. Wikidata Q118224886.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Peter Vangioni (2023). Ink on Paper: Aotearoa New Zealand Printmakers of the Modern Era. Christchurch: Christchurch Art Gallery. ISBN 978-1-877375-77-4. OCLC 1370607329. OL 51712170M. Wikidata Q118224886.
- ^ "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
[edit]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
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