Mary Alexander Park
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Born1 April 1850
Loanhead, Scotland
Died23 October 1920 (aged 70)
Dunedin, New Zealand
AlmamaterL'Académie Julian, Paris
KnownforPainting
Mary Alexander Park | |
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| Born | 1 April 1850 Loanhead, Scotland |
| Died | 23 October 1920 (aged 70) Dunedin, New Zealand |
| Alma mater | L'Académie Julian, Paris |
| Known for | Painting |
Mary Alexander Park (1 April 1850 – 23 October 1920) was an artist who lived in Scotland and New Zealand. She exhibited at the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts and the Otago Art Society. Her students included Ignatius Roche and John Lavery.
Park was born in Loanhead, Scotland on 1 April 1850.[1] Her parents, John Brown Park (1821-1891) and Christina Alexander (1821-1906), had an older sister Jesse before Mary and later had a third daughter Agnes.[2]
The family moved from Scotland to Tasmania when Mary was five years old.[2] Park studied at her parents' schools in both Tasmania and Dunedin where she developed art skills at a young age.[3]
