Wiseman, Hilda Alexandra (1894–1982)
Wiseman, Hilda Alexandra (1894–1982)
New Zealand bookplate designer, artist, calligrapher, and children's writer. Born April 7, 1894, in Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia; died April 28, 1982, in Auckland, New Zealand; dau. of Alexander Wiseman (architect and music teacher) and Harriot Amanda (Coombes) Wiseman.
Worked for advertising firm of Chandler and Co. (1915); learned lettering at Elam School of Art (1917), and illuminating at Seddon Memorial Technical College (1923–24); designed and printed the 1st of more than 100 linocut bookplates (1925); established Selwyn Studio (1931); published children's story, Minna Mantis Gives a Party (1944).
See also Dictionary of New Zealand Biography (Vol. 4).
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