M T Woollaston
Portrait of Edith

Artwork Detail
In his autobiography Sage Tea, Toss Woollaston recorded that in the early years of his marriage ‘I drew and drew Edith in the evenings, mostly asleep in her chair after the rigours of our primitive days. It didn’t matter that she was asleep, I had no concern with the animation of expression that requires wakefulness, wanted to paint no smiles or flashing looks…’
Woollaston first met Edith Alexander in Dunedin in 1932. He renewed his acquaintance on a return visit and they married in August 1936. Trained as a painter, prior to their marriage Edith worked at Otago Medical School as official artist to the Bacteriological Department. (Intimate Portraits, 2005)
- Title
- Portrait of Edith
- Artist/creator
- Production date
- circa 1936
- Medium
- oil on paper on board
- Dimensions
- 485 x 375 mm
- Credit line
- Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1988
- Accession no
- 1988/13
- Copyright
- Copying restrictions apply
- Department
- New Zealand Art
- Display status
- Not on display
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