Jeanne Macaskill
Jeanne Macaskill MNZM |
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Born | Jeanne Bensemann 12 November 1931 Motueka, New Zealand |
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Wellington, New Zealand |
Alma mater | Chelsea School of Art |
Known for | Painting |
Jeanne Macaskill, MNZM (née Bensemann, 12 November 1931 – 9 November 2014) was a New Zealand artist.
Biography
Born in Motueka in 1931, Macaskill studied at Victoria University College, and teachers' colleges in Wellington and Dunedin.[1] She trained as an art advisor with Gordon Tovey and worked for the Department of Education in both Auckland and Wellington.[2] Arriving in London in February 1955,[3] she studied full-time for five years at Chelsea School of Art, gaining a Diploma of Fine Art and a National Diploma in Design.[2] She was for a time an assistant to sculptor Henry Moore.[4] She married Australian sculptor Neil Stocker in London in 1963,[5] and the couple had two children.[2] Following her husband's death in 1969, she returned to New Zealand in 1972 to live in Wellington, where she remained resident for the rest of her life.[2][5]
In Wellington she married Patrick Macaskill, a noted educationalist. His death in 1994 inspired her painting Cascade.[1]
At the 1996 general election Macaskill was a list candidate for the Labour Party. She was ranked at number 52 on the party's list[6] and consequently was not elected. She served as a member of the council of the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, including four years as vice-president.[2]
In the 2004 New Year Honours, Macaskill was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to the arts and the community.[7] In 2009 she received the Governor-General Art Award and became a Fellow of the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts.[2]
Macaskill died in Wellington in 2014.[8]
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- 1931 births
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- People from Motueka
- New Zealand painters
- Victoria University of Wellington alumni
- Alumni of Chelsea College of Art & Design
- New Zealand Labour Party politicians
- Unsuccessful candidates in the New Zealand general election, 1996
- Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit
- New Zealand women artists