Scales, Helen Flora Victoria (1887–1875)
Scales, Helen Flora Victoria (1887–1875)
New Zealand painter. Born on May 24, 1887, in Lower Hutt, New Zealand; died Jan 11, 1985, at Rotorua, New Zealand; dau. of George Herbert Scales (insurance agent) and Gertrude Maynard (Snow) Scales.
Joined Academy Studio Club (1914); studied abroad at Académie de la Grande Chaumiére in Paris, Hans Hoffmann's school of art in Munich, and Académie Ranson (1920s–30s); worked in Europe for many years before resettling in New Zealand (1970s); known primarily for modernistic landscapes, portraits, and flower studies.
See also Dictionary of New Zealand Biography (Vol. 4).
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