Helen Brown (artist)

Helen Campbell Brown (1917 – 1986) was a New Zealand artist. Works by Brown are included in the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.

Career

Brown worked primarily in oils and watercolor. Works by Brown include: Old sheds, Avondale; The Doorway (1949); The Cove (1954); and Ebb Tide (1950).

Brown exhibited with:

• Auckland Society of Arts
• Canterbury Society of Arts
• Rutland Group
• The Group in 1949

Her work is featured in Christopher Johnstone's book Landscape Paintings of New Zealand (2013).

References

Further reading

Artist files for Helen Brown are held at:

• Angela Morton Collection, Takapuna Library
• E. H. McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
• Fine Arts Library, University of Auckland
• Hocken Collections Uare Taoka o Hākena
• Te Aka Matua Research Library, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Also see

• Concise Dictionary of New Zealand Artists McGahey, Kate (2000) Gilt Edge