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'' , oil on canvas , 496 & times ; 395 little mm , te papa schoolboy of bonmahon '' , circa 1915 12 december 1964 . wanganui 280px new zealander 28 march 1885 female edith art project.jpg collier - little schoolboy of bonmahon - google edith collier
 '' ` edith marion collier '' ' artist
edith collier

edith marion collier -lrb- 28 march 1885 -- 12 december 1964 -rrb- was an early modern painter from new zealand .
she came from wanganui .
her work is largely unknown at home and overseas .
edith collier 's contribution to new zealand art as an innovator , modernist and expatriate painter placed her in a most distinguished group , but her achievements have been eclipsed by the very company she kept - such as frances hodgkins and margaret preston .
after a thorough although conservative art education at the technical school in wanganui , edith collier left new zealand in 1913 for st john 's wood school of art in london .
she was then aged 27 .
rapidly disillusioned , and feeling marginalised as an expatriate woman painter , she became more influenced by other expatriates in london , and was to enjoy greater success through exhibiting with the society of women artists and women 's international art club - venues outside the art establishment - and became a significant modernist painter .
collier returned to new zealand in 1922 as an experienced artist with innovative ideas , but as a spinster in provincial wanganui received harsh treatment , including what drayton describes as savage , critical assessment and negative response from her own community .
in a well-known incident her father burned many of her best paintings , including her nudes .
she died in 1964 .
a street is named after her in the suburb of st johns hill , wanganui .
