Ella Spicer

Spicer studied painting in Dunedin, under Fanny Wimperis and Girolamo Nerli. She began exhibiting from age fifteen^[4] and was known for her watercolour painting and landscapes.^[6] Up until 1907, when she married John Edward Diggle Spicer, she exhibited under the name Ella Adams.^[4]

Spicer exhibited with prolifically within New Zealand including the:

• Auckland Society of Arts from 1907^[7][8]
• Canterbury Society of Arts^[9]
• New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts^[10][11]
• Otago Art Society from 1894 to 190 as a working member0^[12][4]
• New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition in Dunedin taking place in 1925-6^[13][14]

Spicer was the mother of artist Peggy Spicer. She and her daughter traveled together to England and Egypt, with both exhibiting in Cairo.^[15]

Her work is included in the collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa,^[3] Turnbull and Hocken libraries.^[8]

Artist files for Spicer 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