Jenny Campbell (artist)

Jenny D. A. Campbell (1895–1970) was a Scottish artist. Works by Campbell are held at the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki and the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Her prints are featured in Margaret Dobson's book Block-Cutting and Print-Making by Hand (1928).

Born in Ayr, Scotland, Campbell moved to New Zealand in 1922 with fellow artist Roland Hipkins. Campbell married Hipkins in 1923 and they settled in Napier and then Wellington.

Education

Campbell trained at the Edinburgh College of Art and was awarded a Diploma. After receiving a travel scholarship, she also studied in Belgium, Holland, and France.

Career

Campbell worked mainly in oils, specifically portraiture and landscapes. She also worked with colour-block printing, including linocuts. Works by Campbell include: Two Boys with Kites (1924) and Lake Taupo.

Exhibitions

Campbell exhibited with the:

• Auckland Society of Arts
• Canterbury Society of Arts
• New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts
• Otago Art Society
• The Group in 1933, 1934, 1938 (as a guest artist, alongside her husband Ronald Hipkins)

References

Further reading

Artist files for Jenny Campbell are held at:

• E. H. McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
• 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
• New Zealand Art: A Centennial Exhibition (1940)