Elizabeth Dyke Dunn (; 23 September 1870 – 13 September 1959) was a New Zealand artist. For the last 38 years of her life, she lived in
San Diego
San Diego ( , ; ) is a city on the Pacific Ocean coast of Southern California located immediately adjacent to the Mexico–United States border. With a 2020 population of 1,386,932, it is the List of United States cities by population, eigh ...
, California.
Biography
Dunn was born Elizabeth Dyke Acland on 23 September 1870 at Holnicote House, the homestead of Mount Peel Station inland from
Peel Forest
Peel Forest is a small community in the Canterbury region of New Zealand. It is located near the Peel Forest Park Scenic Reserve and about north of Geraldine. The town features a Cafe & Bar, a camping ground and an outdoor recreation facility. ...
in
South Canterbury
South Canterbury is the area of the Canterbury Region of the South Island of New Zealand bounded by the Rangitata River in the north and the Waitaki River (the border with the Otago Region) to the south. The Pacific Ocean and ridge of the Souther ...
, New Zealand. She was the tenth child of the Honourable
John Barton Arundel Acland and
Emily Harper
Emily Harper (born February 16, 1978, in Cincinnati, Ohio) is an American actress.
Career
She starred in a ''Mike's Hard Lemonade'' commercial in 2004. Harper portrayed Fancy Crane on the soap opera ''Passions'' from 2005 to 2008. She was i ...
, who was also a painter.
In 1896, she married
Charles Arthur Dunn, a painter, son of Reverend James Dunn and Angelina Anne Dyke Troyte, at the
Church of the Holy Innocents that belongs to Mount Peel Station.
They had two children.
They spent time at Mount Peel Station in South Canterbury, before moving to live in California in 1921.
She was exhibited as Bessie Acland at the
Canterbury Society of Arts
Centre of Contemporary Art (CoCA, formerly the Canterbury Society of Arts) is a curated art gallery in the central city of Christchurch, New Zealand.
The gallery is administered by the Canterbury Society of Arts (CSA) Charitable Trust. Quarte ...
from 1893 to 1896. Following her marriage, she exhibited as Bessie Dunn, at Canterbury Society of Arts in 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1914, and the
New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts
The New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts (also referred to as the Wellington Art Society) was founded in Wellington in July 1882 as The Fine Arts Association of New Zealand. Founding artists included painters William Beetham (first president of the Ass ...
from 1901 to 1904. Several watercolour landscapes are in the
Hocken Collection, the University of Otago.
She died in
San Diego
San Diego ( , ; ) is a city on the Pacific Ocean coast of Southern California located immediately adjacent to the Mexico–United States border. With a 2020 population of 1,386,932, it is the List of United States cities by population, eigh ...
, California, on 13 September 1959, where she lived from 1921 until her death.
["California Death Index, 1940–1997," database, ''FamilySearch'' (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPWK-PDJ : 26 November 2014), Elizabeth Dyke Dunn, 13 September 1959; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.]
References
Further reading
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External links
Mt Cook by Bessie Dunn
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1959 deaths
1870 births
Acland family
Harper family
People from Canterbury, New Zealand
New Zealand women painters
New Zealand emigrants to the United States