Cherie Templer (née Connell, 1856–1915) was a New Zealand painter. Her work is held in the collection of the
National Library of New Zealand.
Biography
Templer was born in
Auckland
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in 1856, to William Connell and Isabella Connell (née Ridings). Her parents had migrated to New Zealand on the ship ''London'' in 1840.
From the 1870s to the 1890s Templer painted scenes from around the Auckland region, including
Devonport,
Waiheke Island
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It is the most p ...
and the
Waitākere Ranges
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. Her paintings show the houses and camps of the white settlers who were moving into the region at the time.
In 1884 she married Francis Henry Templer; they had one son, Harold Edward. The couple later moved to England to live.
Templer died in Surrey, England in 1915.
References
1856 births
1915 deaths
19th-century New Zealand women artists
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