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May Oswald Gilbert (1901–21 May 1977) was a New Zealand printmaker and artist, working in watercolours, oils and acrylics.[1][2][3][4] Her work is held in the Christchurch Art Gallery.[5]
Biography
editGilbert attended Elam School of Fine Arts from 1920, and returned in the mid-1930s to study there again. She also studied at private art school Le Foyer. She was a member of the Auckland Society of Arts and exhibited a set of linocuts there in 1932, and also exhibited with the New Zealand Society of Arts, the Nelson Suter Art Society, the Canterbury Society of Arts and was a member of the Rutland Group in Auckland.[1]
Gilbert was an art teacher in the 1930s and 1940s, teaching at St. Cuthbert's College and Diocesan School for Girls.[1]
She died in 1977, and is buried in Purewa Cemetery, Auckland.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b c Vangioni, Peter (2023). Ink on Paper: Aotearoa New Zealand Printmakers of the Modern Era (PDF). Christchurch, New Zealand: Christchurch Art Gallery. p. 58. ISBN 9781877375774.
- ^ "May Gilbert". Australian and New Zealand Art Sales Digest.
- ^ "Gilbert, May O." findnzartists.org.nz. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
- ^ a b "May Oswald Gilbert". Purewa Cemetery. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
- ^ "May Gilbert". christchurchartgallery.org.nz. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
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