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Hannah Eliza Jane Brenkley
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'''Hannah Eliza Jane Brenkley''' (née '''Hopkins''', 1882 - 25 February 1973) was a New Zealand artist and craftswoman.<ref></ref> She created artworks through carving, needlework, and painting. Items of her work are in the permanent collections of the [[National Library of New Zealand]], the [[Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa]] and the Museum Theatre Gallery Hawke's Bay.<ref> Collections Online - Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa|website=collections.tepapa.govt.nz|access-date=2020-01-26}}</ref><ref name=":0">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
== Biography ==
Brenkley was born in [[Norsewood]], Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. Her parents were Scandinavian and had immigrated on board the Hovding. When she was 5 years old, she started sketching; a family member gave her a paint set and she began to paint in watercolours.<ref name=":0" /> She never formally studied art or painting, but became a sought-after artist of landscapes and flowers.
Brenkley was also a wood carver and produced domestic items such as tables, fire screens, umbrella stands, bookends, paperknives, breadboards and eggcups. These were created with a pocketknife and paintbrush.<ref name=":0" />
=== Personal life ===
When she was 18, she married sawmiller Thomas Brenkley. The couple lived most of their lives on their dairy farm in the Norsewood-Ormondville area and raised 10 children.<ref name=":0" />
=== Legacy ===
In 1999, the Hawke's Bay Cultural Trust staged a solo exhibition of Brenkley's work, entitled ''Jane Brenkley: a path through the bush.''<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2) Items National Library of New Zealand National Library of New Zealand|access-date=2020-01-26}}</ref>
==References==
[[Category:1882 births]]
[[Category:1973 deaths]]
[[Category:20th-century New Zealand artists]]
[[Category:New Zealand people of Scandinavian descent]]
== Biography ==
Brenkley was born in [[Norsewood]], Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. Her parents were Scandinavian and had immigrated on board the Hovding. When she was 5 years old, she started sketching; a family member gave her a paint set and she began to paint in watercolours.<ref name=":0" /> She never formally studied art or painting, but became a sought-after artist of landscapes and flowers.
Brenkley was also a wood carver and produced domestic items such as tables, fire screens, umbrella stands, bookends, paperknives, breadboards and eggcups. These were created with a pocketknife and paintbrush.<ref name=":0" />
=== Personal life ===
When she was 18, she married sawmiller Thomas Brenkley. The couple lived most of their lives on their dairy farm in the Norsewood-Ormondville area and raised 10 children.<ref name=":0" />
=== Legacy ===
In 1999, the Hawke's Bay Cultural Trust staged a solo exhibition of Brenkley's work, entitled ''Jane Brenkley: a path through the bush.''<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2) Items National Library of New Zealand National Library of New Zealand|access-date=2020-01-26}}</ref>
==References==
[[Category:1882 births]]
[[Category:1973 deaths]]
[[Category:20th-century New Zealand artists]]
[[Category:New Zealand people of Scandinavian descent]]
January 26, 2020 at 04:39PM
