Frances Fletcher
Born1846
Died5 March 1935

Frances Ann Fletcher (née Stamper; 1846 – 5 March 1935) was a New Zealand artist. Her works are held in the collection of the Alexander Turnbull Library.[1]

Biography

Fletcher was the daughter of barrister W. John Stamper. Fletcher was based in Nelson, New Zealand, and was the pupil of landscape painter John Gully.[2]

In 1864 she married a Christchurch merchant, John Johnston Fletcher, and moved to Christchurch, where she was a popular hostess and mixed with local intellectuals.[3] The Fletchers had five children, including a son who was killed in World War I.[3]

Fletcher was widowed in 1889, and she subsequently made two visits to Europe.[3] In 1918, she moved to Auckland, and exhibited with the Auckland Society of Arts, and contributed articles to Theosophical Society magazines.[3][4] Fletcher was a foundation member of the Penwomen's Club in about 1926, and took an active role in its affairs until shortly before her death.[3]

Fletcher died at her home in the Auckland suburb of Remuera on 5 March 1935,[3][5] and her ashes were buried at Waikumete Cemetery.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Fletcher, Frances Ann". findnzartists.org.nz. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  2. ↑ "FLETCHER, Frances Ann née Stamper b.1846 | NZETC". nzetc.victoria.ac.nz. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Obituary: Mrs Frances Fletcher". New Zealand Herald. 12 March 1935. p. 12. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  4. ↑ "Fletcher, Frances Ann, 1846-1935". Fletcher, Frances Ann, 1846-1935 | Items | National Library of New Zealand. 1 January 1846. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  5. ↑ "Deaths". Auckland Star. 6 March 1935. p. 1. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  6. ↑ "Record for Frances Ann Fletcher". Auckland Council. Retrieved 14 September 2020.


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