Jeanne Macaskill

Jeanne Macaskill, MNZM (née Bensemann, 12 November 1931 – 9 November 2014) was a New Zealand artist.

Jeanne Macaskill

MNZM
Born
Jeanne Bensemann

(1931-11-12)12 November 1931
Motueka, New Zealand
Died9 November 2014(2014-11-09) (aged 82)
Wellington, New Zealand
Alma materChelsea School of Art
Known forPainting

Biography

Born in Motueka in 1931, Macaskill studied at Victoria University College, and teachers' colleges in Wellington and Dunedin.[1] She trained as an art advisor with Gordon Tovey and worked for the Department of Education in both Auckland and Wellington.[2] Arriving in London in February 1955,[3] she studied full-time for five years at Chelsea School of Art, gaining a Diploma of Fine Art and a National Diploma in Design.[2] She was for a time an assistant to sculptor Henry Moore.[4] She married Australian sculptor Neil Stocker in London in 1963,[5] and the couple had two children.[2] Following her husband's death in 1969, she returned to New Zealand in 1972 to live in Wellington, where she remained resident for the rest of her life.[2][5]

In Wellington she married Patrick Macaskill, a noted educationalist. His death in 1994 inspired her painting Cascade.[1]

At the 1996 general election Macaskill was a list candidate for the Labour Party. She was ranked at number 52 on the party's list[6] and consequently was not elected. She served as a member of the council of the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, including four years as vice-president.[2]

In the 2004 New Year Honours, Macaskill was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to the arts and the community.[7] In 2009 she received the Governor-General Art Award and became a Fellow of the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts.[2]

Macaskill died in Wellington in 2014.[8]

References
  1. "Jeanne Macaskill—Day by Night". City Gallery Wellington. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  2. "Jeanne Macaskill". New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  3. "UK incoming passenger lists, 1878–1960 (database online)". Ancestry.com Operations Inc. 2008. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  4. "Order of Merit winner at City Gallery Wellington". City Gallery Wellington. 17 November 2006. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  5. "Exhibitions — Jeanne Macaskill" (PDF). Journal of the Canterbury Society of Arts (81): 6. September 1978. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
  6. Oakley, Vivienne (23 September 1996). "Release of final party lists marks countdown". The Press. p. 24.
  7. "New Year honours list 2004". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2003. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  8. "Jeanne Macaskill death notice". Dominion Post. 12 November 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
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