Hilda Alexandra Wiseman
Hilda Alexandra Wiseman (7 April 1894 – 28 April 1982) was a New Zealand bookplate designer, artist and calligrapher. Wiseman was born in Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia, on 7 April 1894. She attended Elam School of Art, and Seddon Memorial Technical College Wiseman began her artistic career as a commercial artist at the Chandler and Company advertising firm.
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Hilda Alexandra Wiseman
- Name
- Hilda Wiseman
- Birth Name
- Hilda Alexandra Wiseman
- Born
- 7 April 1894
- Birthplace
- Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia
- Died
- 28 April 1982
- Place of death
- Auckland, New Zealand
- Education
- Elam School of Art, Seddon Memorial Technical College
- Field
- * Illustration
- Movement
- Linocut
- Nationality
- New Zealand
- Occupation
- calligrapher · designer · painter · writer · printmaker
- Fields
- illustration
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Hilda Alexandra Wiseman (7 April 1894 – 28 April 1982) was a New Zealand bookplate designer, artist and calligrapher. Wiseman was born in Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia, on 7 April 1894. She attended Elam School of Art, and Seddon Memorial Technical College Wiseman began her artistic career as a commercial artist at the Chandler and Company advertising firm.
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In 1925 she created her first linocut bookplate. She went on to design over 100 bookplates. In 1930 she co-founded the Auckland Branch, New Zealand Ex Libris Society (NZELS), and started her own art studio, the Selwyn Studio, in 1931. At the time of her death in 1982 the Auckland Historical Society received her bequest of the Selwyn Studio, and its contents.
Hilda Alexandra Wiseman studied at Elam School of Fine Arts. Training under Vera G. Curtis is recorded. The field of work recorded is illustration. Employment is recorded with Chandler & Company Ltd. Work by Hilda Alexandra Wiseman is recorded in the collections of Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland Libraries, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Alexander Turnbull Library and Christchurch Art Gallery.
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• Name — Hilda Wiseman • Birth Name — Hilda Alexandra Wiseman • Born — 7 April 1894 • Birthplace — Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia • Died — 28 April 1982 • Place of death — Auckland, New Zealand • Education — Elam School of Art, Seddon Memorial Technical College • Field — * Illustration • calligraphy • Movement — Linocut
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- 1.Hilda Alexandra Wiseman. Georgia. Prince.
- 2.Webster, John Patrick. Hilda Wiseman at Selwyn Studio. Art New Zealand. 30, Autumn. 18–19. 1984.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 4
- Davis, Sian. Hilda Wiseman's Bookplates. Unitec Institute of Technology. 1998.
- Henry, Andrew. Bookplates: Hilda Wiseman and the Auckland Ex Libris Society. Heritage et al.
- Thwaites, Ian Geoffrey. Hilda Wiseman, Artist—and Her World of Epsom Bookplates. Prospect: The Journal of the Epsom & Eden District Historical Society Inc. 8. 63–72. 2009.
- Thwaites, Ian Geoffrey. Hilda Wiseman Part II. Prospect: The Journal of the Epsom & Eden District Historical Society Inc. 23. 24–34. 2024.
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