MISS DOROTHY RICHMOND

Otago Witness, Issue 2545, 24 December 1902, Page 16 (Supplement)

MISS DOROTHY RICHMOND

(see next page.) Inherited her father's love of art and his infinite capacity for taking pains. She received her first regular training at the Slade School, London, where, in 1881, she won a

years under Mr Nairn. In 1900 she went to Europe to pursue her studies, and in the summer joined Miss F. Hodgkins in her travels and studies. The two young ladies then entered the studio of Mr Garstin, one of those numerous artists of the present day, who, devoting themselves chiefly, if not entirely, to out-of-door work, set up their paraphenalia iv the most picturesque parts of Britain. Mr Garstm's home is at Newlyn, Cornwall, but each year he and some of his pupils go on sketching tours to different beauty spots on the Continent. Last year they spent seven weeks in this way at Caudebec-on-Caux, Normandy. Through the past winter Miss Richmond and Miss Hodgkins have been working together out of doors, first at Aries, and then on the Riviera, chiefly at the little towns of Rapallo and Oneglia. Until lately Miss Richmond has always painted in oil, but the influence of Miss Hodgkins's presence and preference for the more delicate medium, has induced her to take up the study and practice

of water colour. Though she works hard at landscape shewishes to make figures and portraits her specialty. Some timelast spring the two friends returned to Cornwall to work up their sketches and resume their studies under Mr Garstin.