W.S. (William Simon) Wauchop (1889 - 1971)

was born in Christchurch and studied at Canterbury University under Alfred Walsh, graduating in 1910. He taught in Christchurch before becoming a librarian, and then chief librarian, at the General Assembly Library. After studying dance in Sydney, he founded the Wauchop School of Dancing. He was a prominent member of the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts and was president from 1953-1962. His work was represented in New Zealand's Centennial Exhibition in Wellington in 1940.

He painted in watercolour and oil and his subjects were still life and landscapes, especially mountains, lakes and native forests.

He is represented at the Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt, Hocken Library, Dunedin, Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch, Rotorua Museum of Art and History, Rotorua, and the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington.

("The Concise Dictionary of New Zealand Artists, Painters, Printmakers, Sculptors" by Kate McGahey)
 
Clearly signed at lower right.

Professionally framed.

Size:
Frame = 485 mm wide x 335 mm high
Image = 285 mm wide x 225 mm high