Elizabeth Kendon

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Elizabeth Kendon (Blomfield)

Also Known As: "Bessie"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
Death: August 17, 1984 (104)
Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
Place of Burial: Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Charles Blomfield and Ellen Sarah Blomfield
Wife of William Archibald Kendon
Mother of Nancy Phyllis Kendon; Royston Stuart Kendon; Private; Private; Private and 1 other
Sister of Mary Blomfield; Alfred (Tom) Thomas Blomfield; Ellen Page; Fanny Blomfield; Charles Reginald Blomfield and 4 others

Occupation: Artist
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About Elizabeth Kendon

Born in Auckland, daughter of painter Charles Blomfield. Was taught painting by her father and C. F. Goldie. About 1901 went to Dunedin to live with relations for a couple of years. Before her marriage to William Kendon in 1908 she specialised in flower paintings and painted some portraits; after her marriage she painted landscapes. She used to work with her father in his studio, and as Mrs W. Kendon listed as Auckland artist working in Karanga-hape Road 1911–12 Wise's. In 1979 living in Howick and still painting. Exhibited with OAS 1902–04; with ASA 1897–1908 as E. Blomfield. A large oil of Dunedin is in Hocken. Source: http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-PlaNine-t1-body-d1-d13...

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Elizabeth Kendon's Timeline

1880
August 10, 1880
Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
1912
May 12, 1912
Mount Eden, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
1914
May 24, 1914
New Zealand
1921
August 12, 1921
Mount Eden, Auckland, New Zealand
1984
August 17, 1984
Age 104
Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
August 17, 1984
Age 104
Hillsborough Cemetery, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand