{"product_id":"study-of-old-man-with-clasped-hands","title":"Study of Old Man with Clasped Hands","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOlivia Spencer Bower (1905-82)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOlivia Spencer Bower, was born in St Neots, Huntingdonshire, England, but emigrated to New Zealand with her family in 1920.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOlivia, encouraged from her early years by her mother, painter Rosa Dixon, pursued her artistic career seriously throughout her life. She established her reputation as one of New Zealand's most gifted practitioners of watercolour early in her career. During the nineteen-twenties and thirties, a period in which New Zealand women artists flourished, Olivia aligned herself with a circle of artists, which formed the basis for\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Group\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew Zealand Artists’ Society, \u003c\/em\u003eincluding such other significant artists as\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.nzartbroker.com\/listings\/untitled-louise-henderson\/\" class=\"text-link\"\u003eLouise Henderson\u003c\/a\u003e, Rita Angus, Evelyn Page, Rata Lovell-Smith, Flora Scales, Lois White and Doris Lusk.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe was one of the few women artists of her time who supported herself financially to pursue her painting career with professional purpose, and was a key modernist figure in the New Zealand art world during the mid twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eRemarks: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eCertificate of Authenticity on back. Authenticated by John Coley, Director, MacDougall Art Gallery, 12 May 1983.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eImage Dimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320mm W x 420mm H\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFraming: \u003c\/strong\u003eFramed\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFramed Dimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 620mm W x 740mm H\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Olivia Spencer Bower","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48903629701275,"sku":null,"price":800.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/7183\/2987\/files\/Olivia-Spencer-Bower-Study-of-Old-Man-with-Clasped-Hands-02.jpg?v=1783049227","url":"https:\/\/nzartbroker.com\/products\/study-of-old-man-with-clasped-hands","provider":"NZ artbroker","version":"1.0","type":"link"}