Constance Alice Lloyd (9 May 1895 – 5 February 1982) was a New Zealand artist who specialised in etching. Her work is part of the permanent collection of the

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Biography

Lloyd was born at

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, north of

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, on 9 May 1895. Her father Trevor Lloyd was an illustrator and cartoonist, who became interested in etching after his daughters Connie and Olive studied it at

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in Auckland. Connie Lloyd learned the art of etching from A.J.C. Fisher, the principal of Elam School of Art. Lloyd's work is predominantly based on the landscape near Auckland and uses

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and

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methods. In 1929, Lloyd exhibited work at the

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annual exhibition, and in 1940 exhibited at the Auckland Society of Arts annual exhibition. In 1931, she exhibited with four other women artists at the Waikato Society of Arts in

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. Lloyd died on 5 February 1982, and her body was cremated at Purewa Crematorium, Auckland.

References

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