Frances Hodgkins and William Hughes Field. Field family :Field and Hodgkins family photographs. Ref: PA1-o-167-30-4. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand.
Frances Hodgkins (28 April 1869 – 13 May 1947)
Frances Hodgkins - Self portrait: still life. ca 1935.
Photo: Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1963
Painter Frances Hodgkins spent over 40 years of her life in England and Europe. From the age at 32 to her death at 70, she moved frequently from one country to another, and from one studio to another. Movement seemed necessary for her work and at times resulted in considerable hardship.
Although she was much older than the revolutionary generation of artists at work in England in the 1930s, Frances Hodgkins found that they understood her work. They accepted her as one of themselves, and asked her to join them
Extracts from a documentary made in 1969 consist of recording of her surviving friends and fellow artists, including Barbara Hepworth and Henry Moore. Hear them remember her with extraordinary vividness and affection.
Archival audio supplied by Nga Taonga Sound and Vision.
Images of Frances Hodgkins' life and work
ca 1881. Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.). Frances Mary Hodgkins - Photograph taken by the Burton Brothers. Field family :Field and Hodgkins family photographs. Ref: PA1-o-189-09. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22861236
1890. Hodgkins, Frances Mary, 1869-1947. Hodgkins, Frances Mary 1869-1947 :The cause of it. Indignant byciclist; What are you poking your nose over here for. Can't a fellow light his bycicle without you shoving your inquisitive old beak into what is no concern of yours. Suspicious insurance manager moves on. [ca 1890]. Hodgkins, Frances Mary, 1869-1947 :[Sketchbook. ca 1890]. Ref: E-424-q-020. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22821927
1891. Hodgkins, Frances Mary, 1869-1947. Hodgkins, Frances Mary, 1869-1947 :[Small girl] [1891... Hodgkins family :[Album of sketches 1880s, 1890s]. Ref: E-312-q-070. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23079784
Frances Hodgkins and William Hughes Field. Field family :Field and Hodgkins family photographs. Ref: PA1-o-167-30-4. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23219758
1898. Formal head and shoulders portrait of Frances Mary Hodgkins wearing an ornate hat. McCormick, Eric Hall (Dr), 1906-1995 :Photographs. Ref: 1/2-010514-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23069975
ca 1900. Frances Hodgkins - Portrait of a Girl. Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the Friends of the Auckland Art Gallery with funds from the J B Spring Bequest, 1995
ca 1903. Frances Hodgkins -The watermelon seller. Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2007
ca 1912. Frances Hodgkins - Women sitting among the rocks. Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2007.
1912 Formal head and shoulders portrait of Frances Hodgkins. McCormick, Eric Hall (Dr), 1906-1995 :Photographs. Ref: 1/2-010786-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22666922
1916. Frances Hodgkins - Refugee Children. Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, on loan from the Thanksgiving Foundation.
1918. Frances Hodgkins - The Edwardians. Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Lucy Carrington Wertheim, 1969
1920. Frances Hodgkins - Normandy Vegetable Market. Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1954.
Frances Hodgkins, Woman with a Mirror, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased with assistance from Georgina Ralston, 2007
1920. Frances Mary Hodgkins in 1920 when the Hampstead Gallery, London, held an exhibition of her work. Frances Mary Hodgkins. Ref: PAColl-5567. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23207459
ca 1930. Frances Hodgkins - Pastorale. Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1982
ca 1935 Frances Hodgkins - Self portrait: still life. Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1963.
1939. Saunders, Jane, fl 1917-1947. Frances Mary Hodgkins sitting underneath a tree. McCormick, Eric Hall (Dr), 1906-1995 :Photographs. Ref: 1/2-010784-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22909298
1939. Frances Hodgkins - Portrait of Kitty West. Accepted by HM Government in lieu of tax and allocated to Tate 2002 © The estate of Frances Hodgkins.
1945. The New Zealand expatriate painter Frances Hodgkins in the village of Corfe Castle, Dorset. Felix H, 1893-1985: Photographs of Frances Hodgkins. Ref: 35mm-00337-D-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23204412
1945. Seated portrait of expatriate New Zealand artist Frances Hodgkins, holding paintbrushes and a palette, with painted canvases behind her. Photograph taken at the painter's studio in the village of Corfe Castle, Dorset, in by Felix H Man in 1945. Photographs of Frances Hodgkins. Ref: 35mm-00335-A-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22888002
The images in this gallery are used with permission and are subject to copyright conditions.
