Charlotte Youmans
Born14 April 1869
Died12 June 1957
RelativesArthur Gordon Tovey (nephew)

Charlotte Beatrice Youmans (14 April 1869 – 12 June 1957) was a New Zealand painter of landscapes, interiors, and floral still lifes.

Biography

Youmans was born in Wellington on 14 April 1869.[1]

She was exhibiting by the mid 1890s and continued to do so through the 1920s.[2] She exhibited at the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, Auckland Society of Arts, and elsewhere.[2] Some of her work is in the collection of the National Library of New Zealand, including a watercolor of the interior of what is now known as Old St. Paul's in Wellington.[3][4]

Youmans died on 12 June 1957 and her ashes were buried at Karori Cemetery.[5]

The artist Arthur Gordon Tovey was her nephew.[6] She was among the signatories to New Zealand's 1893 women's suffrage petition.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Births". Wellington Independent. 20 April 1869. p. 2. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  2. 1 2 Platts, Una. Nineteenth Century New Zealand Artists. Avon Fine Prints Ltd, 1980, p. 264.
  3. ↑ "Youmans, Charlotte Beatrice, b.1869: Interior of St Pauls Cathedral, Wellington. 1896". Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand website.
  4. ↑ "Youmans, Charlotte Beatrice b 1869: [Farmyard scene, Hutt Valley? 1901"]. Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand website.
  5. ↑ "Cemeteries search: burial". Wellington City Council. 12 July 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  6. ↑ "Story: Tovey, Arthur Gordon". Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand.
  7. ↑ "Charlotte Youmans | NZHistory, New Zealand history online".
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