Self portrait

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Title

Self portrait

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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Collection

Te Papa Collections Online

Description

Wellington artist M.E.R. Tripe painted this vibrant self-portrait in 1937, at the age of 67. In her London studio, bathed in light from the large windows, we see her with brush and paint palette in hand. Born in Christchurch, Tripe was one of New Zealand’s foremost portrait painters. She trained at art school in Wellington, before quickly earning her teaching certificate and joining the Wellington School of Design as a drawing teacher in 1889. Tripe spent most of the rest of her life working...

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Format

Image

Date created

circa 1934

Creator

Mary Tripe

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/41073

Related subjects

Women / painters / Painting / Mary Tripe / oil paint / canvas / oil paintings / self-portraits / England

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