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and never painted from notes. Sometimes, she would have several paintings on the go from the same location, each with different weather. Lovell-Smith's painting style is characterised by bold design, broad flat areas of colour, and an almost poster-like style. She emphasised basic patterns and
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From 1924 until 1966 Lovell-Smith exhibited at the Canterbury Society of Art. In 1933, Lovell-Smith was included in the first general exhibition of the New Zealand Society of Artists. From 1935 she regularly exhibited with
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shapes, sometimes exaggerating the intensity of colours. At the time, some critics responded to it by saying it went "counter to good tradition" or that it smacked of commercial art, while others defended her saying:
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Lovell-Smith can be understood as part of a movement of New Zealand artists in the 1930s, including Olivia Spencer-Bower,
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Lovell-Smith trained at the Christchurch College School of Arts and then taught there from 1924 to 1945.
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We must draw rather than paint, even if we are using a brush, or we shall not be perfectly truthful
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unwatered by the tradition of the British landscapists, our debt to her in this matter is great
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Her paintings were generally of landscapes, botany, and flowers. She always painted
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In 1939 Lovell-Smith was awarded the Bledisloe Medal for Landscapes for her
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The Invention of New Zealand Art: Art and National Identity, 1930 - 1970
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Landscape Paintings of New Zealand: A Journey from North to South
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Treasures from the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
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Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council of New Zealand, 1975
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Christchurch
Christchurch
Painting
New Zealand
Christchurch
in situ
Francis Shurrock
Rita Angus
Alfred Cook
A. R. D. Fairburn
The Group
Cora Wilding
Ngaio Marsh
Evelyn Page
Louise Henderson
Colin Stuart Lovell-Smith
Kitty Lovell-Smith
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