26. Ida Carey
Maori Lady with Moko
Oil on board
62 x 47 cm

est. $1,000 - 1,500
Fetched $3,900
Relative Size: Maori Lady with Moko
Relative size

Provenance: Artist's Estate Collection

The works of popular Waikato artist and teacher Ida Carey have received increased market attention over the past few years. During the 1920s whilst based in Sydney, Ida studied with Italian artist Anthony Dattilo Rubbo (1870 - 1955). Best known as a portrait painter, in the 1960s she began a series featuring Maori women with Moko. A versatile artist, Ida was also a competent painter of interiors, landscapes, still life and a series of ballet scenes. She was a founding member of the Waikato Society of Arts, becoming President in 1934. She succeeded fellow artist Ivy Copeland (1895 - 1961) as a lecturer at Auckland College of Education and taught art in several Hamilton schools. Represented: Christchurch Art Gallery, Rotorua Museum, Waikato Museum & Puke Ariki, New Plymouth.

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