Saturday, March 2, 2019

Beatrice Seddon

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[[File:Tom Seddon with members of his family.jpg|alt=Tom Seddon with members of his family, including his wife Beatrice Seddon on the left.|thumb|'''Tom Seddon with members of his family, including his wife Beatrice Seddon on the left. Taken circa 1929.''']]
'''Beatrice Ann Seddon''' (née Wood, 1889-1987) was a [[New Zealand]] artist. Her works are held in the collection of the [[Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa]].

== Early life ==
Seddon was born in 1889 in [[Christchurch]], New Zealand, to William Wood and Mary Theresa Wood.

== Education ==
Seddon was educated at [[Rangi Ruru Girls' School]], attended a finishing school in England, and then returned to Christchurch to attend art school under the tutelage of [[Sydney Lough Thompson]] and [[Margaret Stoddart]].<ref name=":0"></ref> During [[World War I]] Seddon served as a volunteer ambulance driver at [[Codford]] on [[Salisbury Plain]], and this role included caring for recuperating officers. After contracting measles at Codford, Seddon went on holiday to [[St Ives, Cornwall]] where she met and befriended artist [[Frances Hodgkins]], and while in St Ives, Hodgkins painted a portrait of Seddon (commissioned by her), titled ''Portrait of Miss Beatrice Wood, 1918.''<ref name=":0" />

== Career ==
Seddon painted and exhibited throughout her lifetime, with many of her works inspired by her garden.<ref name=":0" /> She had lessons with Frances Hodgkins in London from ca 1914-1919.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>

== Family life ==
On 15 March 1922 she married [[Tom Seddon]], son of former New Zealand Prime Minister [[Richard Seddon]], at St Mary's in [[Merivale]]. The service was performed by Canon W. S. Bean, the groom's brother-in-law, assisted by Archdeacon Haggitt.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> They had three children - [[Mary Dorothea Seddon]], Richard and Derry. Mary was born in 1924 and went on to own the [[Monde Marie coffee bar]] in Wellington, well known for its folk music.<ref></ref>

Seddon died in Wellington in 1987.

== References ==



[[Category:1889 births]]
[[Category:1987 deaths]]
[[Category:New Zealand artists]]



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