Hilda Wiseman
Hilda Wiseman | |
|---|---|
 Wiseman in 1980 | |
| Born | Hilda Alexandra Wiseman 7 April 1894 |
| Died | 28 April 1982 (aged 88) Auckland, New Zealand |
| Known for | |
| Movement | Linocut |
Hilda Alexandra Wiseman (7 April 1894 – 28 April 1982) was a New Zealand bookplate designer, artist and calligrapher.
Wiseman was born in Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia, on 7 April 1894.[1]
She attended Elam School of Art, and Seddon Memorial Technical College[1]
Wiseman began her artistic career as a commercial artist at the Chandler and Company advertising firm. In 1925 she created her first linocut bookplate. She went on to design over 100 bookplates.[1]
In 1930 she co-founded the Auckland Branch, New Zealand Ex Libris Society (NZELS), and started her own art studio, the Selwyn Studio, in 1931.[1]
At the time of her death in 1982 the Auckland Historical Society received her bequest of the Selwyn Studio, and its contents.[2]
Further reading
[edit]- Davis, Sian (1998). Hilda Wiseman's Bookplates (Bachelor of Design thesis). Auckland: Unitec Institute of Technology.
- Henry, Andrew. "Bookplates: Hilda Wiseman and the Auckland Ex Libris Society". Heritage et al. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
- Thwaites, Ian Geoffrey (2009). "Hilda Wiseman, Artist—and Her World of Epsom Bookplates" (PDF). Prospect: The Journal of the Epsom & Eden District Historical Society Inc. 8. Auckland: 63–72.
- Thwaites, Ian Geoffrey (2024). "Hilda Wiseman Part II" (PDF). Prospect: The Journal of the Epsom & Eden District Historical Society Inc. 23. Auckland: 24–34.
- Webster, John Patrick (1983). "Hilda Wiseman's 'Selwyn Studio'". Auckland-Waikato Historical Journal (43, September): 6–8. ISSN 0111-7653.
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 Prince, Georgia. "Hilda Alexandra Wiseman". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ↑ Webster, John Patrick (1984). "Hilda Wiseman at Selwyn Studio". Art New Zealand (30, Autumn): 18–19. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
