Artist: Edith Collier

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1885 - 1964. Born and lived in New Zealand. Lived in United Kingdom.

Edith Collier, artist

Image: Edith Marion Collier, 1912

Edith Marion Collier, 1912

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Paintings, prints and sketches

People studies

Image: Harry Collier

Harry Collier

Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui

Image: Jenny

Jenny

Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui

Image: Girl in the Sunshine

Girl in the Sunshine

Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui

Image: Seated Woman

Seated Woman

Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui

Image: Eliza (Artist's Mother)

Eliza (Artist's Mother)

Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui

Image: Counting Herrings

Counting Herrings

Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui

Image: Untitled (Unidentified portrait, possibly Edith's mother)

Untitled (Unidentified portrait, possibly Edith's mother)

Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui

Image: Cornish Woman

Cornish Woman

Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui

Image: Child Study

Child Study

Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui

Image: Sitting Nude Figure

Sitting Nude Figure

Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui

Image: Standing female nude with back to viewer

Standing female nude with back to viewer

Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui

Image: Standing Male Nude

Standing Male Nude

Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui

Image: The Sleeping Girl

The Sleeping Girl

Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui

Image: People in the Park

People in the Park

Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui

Image: Study of Figures, Kawhia

Study of Figures, Kawhia

Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui

Image: Counting the catch, St. Ives

Counting the catch, St. Ives

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Meditation

Meditation

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Little schoolboy of Bonmahon

Little schoolboy of Bonmahon

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Landscapes, buildings and rural scenes

Image: Trees in Landscape

Trees in Landscape

Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui

Image: Tree Ferns

Tree Ferns

Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui

Image: Upper Waitotara

Upper Waitotara

Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui

Image: Country Lane

Country Lane

Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui

Image: Winding River

Winding River

Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui

Image: Sheep

Sheep

Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui

Image: Horses

Horses

Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui

Image: Rural Scene

Rural Scene

Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui

Image: Grazing Sheep

Grazing Sheep

Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui

Image: St Bartholomew

St Bartholomew

Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui

Image: Convent Study

Convent Study

Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui

Image: English Landscape

English Landscape

Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui

Image: Moored Boats

Moored Boats

Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui

Image: Boats

Boats

Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui

Image: Study of Boats in Cornwall

Study of Boats in Cornwall

Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui

Image: Thatched Cottage

Thatched Cottage

Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui

Image: English Landscape

English Landscape

Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui

Image: The Lone Cottage

The Lone Cottage

Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui

Image: Kāwhia Scene

Kāwhia Scene

Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui

Image: Still Waters, Kāwhia Harbour

Still Waters, Kāwhia Harbour

Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui

Image: Maketū Pa, Kāwhia

Maketū Pa, Kāwhia

Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui

Still life studies

Image: Still Life with Green Bottle

Still Life with Green Bottle

Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui

Image: Still Life with Parsnips

Still Life with Parsnips

Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui

Image: Untitled (Still Life with Pumpkin)

Untitled (Still Life with Pumpkin)

Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui

Prints

Image: Thatched Cottages

Thatched Cottages

Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui

Image: Untitled (Cottages)

Untitled (Cottages)

Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui

Image: Untitled (window)

Untitled (window)

Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui

Additional Resources

NZ On Screen: Edith Collier: A Light Among Shadows. 2007 film. Directed by Michael Heath. [accessed 09 January 2024]
NZ On Screen: Village by the Sea. 2012 film. Directed by Michael Heath. [accessed 09 January 2024]
Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, story by Joanne Drayton. Collier, Edith Marion, Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1998. [accessed 09 January 2024]
Wikipedia entry: Edith Collier - Wikipedia [accessed 09 January 2024]

Image: Edith Collier: A Light Among Shadows

Edith Collier: A Light Among Shadows

NZ On Screen

Image: Edith Marion Collier

Edith Marion Collier

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Edith Collier's palette

Edith Collier's palette

Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui

Image: Edith Collier packing

Edith Collier packing

Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui

Image: Village by the Sea

Village by the Sea

NZ On Screen

Image: The ‘what ifs’ of dazzling New Zealand modernist painter Edith Collier

The ‘what ifs’ of dazzling New Zealand modernist painter Edith Collier

Radio New Zealand

This DigitalNZ story created January 2024, and updated in January 2025.