Alice Whyte

Alice Fanny Whyte (née Fallwell, 14 September 1877 – 3 July 1952) was a New Zealand artist.[1][2] She exhibited under the names Alice Fallwell, Alice Whyte, and Alice F. Whyte.[3]

Alice Whyte
Born
Alice Fanny Fallwell

(1877-09-14)14 September 1877
New Zealand
Died3 July 1952(1952-07-03) (aged 74)
New Zealand
Alma materElam School of Fine Arts
Known forLandscape watercolours
Spouse(s)
Norman Alexander Whyte
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(m. 1908)​

Born Alice Fanny Fallwell on 14 September 1877, Whyte was the daughter of Samuel Fallwell, a dispensing chemist, and Martha Ann Fallwell (née Wilkinson).[3][4][5] The family lived in Papakura, South Auckland, and Whyte studied art at the Elam School of Fine Arts, travelling by train from Papakura every day.[3] She was a teacher at Elam from 1905 until 1908, when she married Norman Alexander Whyte on 17 March of that year at St Andrew's Church, Epsom.[6] From 1929 she studied at Elam again, and became well known as a watercolour artist.[3] In 1928 she exhibited at the Society of Women Painters in Sydney.[7]

In July 1930, Whyte was the first member of the Auckland Society of Arts to hold a solo exhibition in Auckland.[8] In 1936, one of her paintings was awarded the Judkins landscape medal by the Auckland Society of Arts.[9] In 1940, Whyte's paintings were included in the New Zealand Centennial Exhibition in Wellington, and the following year one of her works was awarded the Bledisloe Medal for most typical New Zealand natural landscape.[3][10]

Whyte died on 3 July 1952, and she was buried at Mangere Lawn Cemetery.[11]

Whyte's work is held in public collections in New Zealand, including the Dunedin Public Art Gallery.[1]

References
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  2. 2017, Encode Ltd, 2005 -. "Whyte, Alice F." findnzartists.org.nz. Retrieved 14 August 2017.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. Platts, Una (1980). "Nineteenth Century New Zealand Artists: A Guide and Handbook" (PDF). Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  4. "Birth search: registration number 1877/15396". Births, deaths & marriages online. Department of Internal Affairs. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  5. "Samuel Fallwell". MyHeritage. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  6. "Marriages". New Zealand Herald. 4 April 1908. p. 1. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  7. "Auckland painter's work". Auckland Star. 10 May 1928. p. 8. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  8. "Notable exhibition of pictures by lady artist". 29 July 1930. p. 3. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  9. "Landscape art". Auckland Star. 12 November 1936. p. 9. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  10. "Art in New Zealand". The Press. 20 October 1941. p. 9. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  11. "New Zealand, cemetery records, 1800–2007". Ancestry.com Operations. 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
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