Edward William Payton
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Edward William Payton | |
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| Born | 21 May 1859 Warwickshire, England |
| Died | 2 October 1944 (aged 85) Tauranga, New Zealand |
Edward William Payton (21 May 1859[1] – 2 October 1944[2]) was a photographer and painter in New Zealand.
Payton was born in Warwickshire, England.[3] He studied art at the Municipal School of Art Birmingham[4] under E. R. Taylor.[5] He has received several medals and prizes in national competitions.[5] He also studied at the Royal College of Art, as well as in Antwerp and Paris.[4]
In 1882 he left for Australia, and in early 1883 from Melbourne he travelled further to New Zealand.[5] Starting from the southern coastal town of Bluff he travelled wide and far in the country, making sketches and photos about the countryside and Maori people.[5]
He settled down in Auckland and from there he visited the Hot Lakes district. He has seen and painted the Pink and White Terraces before and after the Mount Tarawera eruption.[5]
In 1887 he exhibited in the Auckland Art Gallery,[3] and in 1888 he published Round About New Zealand,[5] a folio of etchings of Auckland and Rotorua.[4] He became the first director of the Elam School of Art in 1890,[5] a post which he held for 35 years, retiring in 1924.[3] In 1930, he travelled to Europe and added to the Mackelvie Collection in Auckland Art Gallery by the purchase on behalf of the trustees of 134 paintings and about 100 prints.[3][4]
In later life he settled in Rotorua.[5] He died in Tauranga at the age of 85[4] on 2 October 1944.[2]
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