Stewart Maclennan
New Zealand artist (1903–1973)
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Stewart Bell Maclennan OBE (14 May 1903 – 6 July 1973) was a New Zealand artist and was a director of the National Art Gallery of New Zealand.
14 May 1903
Stewart Maclennan | |
|---|---|
| 1st Director of the National Art Gallery | |
| In office 1948–1968 | |
| Succeeded by | Melvin Day |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Stewart Bell Maclennan 14 May 1903 Dunedin, New Zealand |
| Died | 6 July 1973 (aged 70) |
Maclennan was born in Dunedin on 14 May 1903.[1] He received his art training at the Dunedin School of Art and the Royal College of Art, London.[1] In 1922 he attended the Dunedin Training College.[2]: 16 In 1946 he became the education officer at the National Art Gallery, and was appointed director two years later.[1] He remained in that role until 1968.[3] He was a member of the Council of the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts from 1943 to 1949, and vice-president from 1949 to 1959.[1]
In the 1968 Queen's Birthday Honours, Maclennan was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, in recognition of his service as director of the National Art Gallery.[4]
Maclennan died on 6 July 1973,[5] and his ashes were buried at Mākara Cemetery.[6]
