Marion Tylee

Marion Elizabeth Tylee (25 May 1900 – 27 February 1981)[1] was a New Zealand artist.[2]

Marion Elizabeth Tylee
Born
Marion Elizabeth Tylee

(1900-05-25)25 May 1900
Pahiatua, New Zealand
Died27 February 1981(1981-02-27) (aged 80)
EducationSlade School of Fine Art, Académie Colarossi
Known forPainting – oils, watercolour, and linocuts

Private life

Born at Makuri near Pahiatua, New Zealand, she was the daughter of Walter Edward Charles Tylee and his wife Katherine Anne née Perry.[1] After the Second World War she settled in Palmerston North, New Zealand.[3]

Career

Tylee studied in New Zealand with D. K. Richmond and T. A. McCormack. In 1923, she won a New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts award for a watercolour.[4] From 1926 to 1929 she attended the Slade School of Fine Art in London[5] and in 1937 at Académie Colarossi in Paris.[3]

She worked primarily in linocuts, watercolour, and oils. Works by Tylee are held at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa including: Crimson plums (1953);[6] Village in the hills (c. 1930);[7] Mount Tarawera, New Zealand (1935);[8] and Rooftops (c. 1928).[9]

After moving to Palmerston North she played a major role in the development of the Manawatu Art Gallery (now part of the Te Manawa Museum of Art, Science and History).[10]

Exhibitions

Tylee exhibited with the:

References
  1. Births Deaths & Marriages Online
  2. "Tylee, Marion". findnzartists.org.nz. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  3. "Tylee, Marion 1900–1981". tiaki.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  4. Art Students Awards page 4, The Evening Post, 20 September 1923
  5. Social News page 15, The New Zealand Herald, 15 August 1929
  6. "Crimson Plums – Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  7. "Village in the hills – Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  8. "Mount Tarawera, New Zealand – Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  9. "Rooftops – Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  10. "Tylee, Marion, 1900–1981 : Papers". National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  11. "Artists exhibited with Auckland Society of Arts". findnzartists.org.nz. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  12. "Artists exhibited with Canterbury Society of Arts". findnzartists.org.nz. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  13. "Artists exhibited with Rutland Group". findnzartists.org.nz. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  14. "The Group 1934". christchurchartgallery.org.nz. Retrieved 28 September 2017.

Further reading

Artist files for Marion Tylee are held at:

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