Fanny Eliza Arden (; – 13 June 1955) was a New Zealand artist.

Biography

Fanny Eliza Arden was born circa. 1859 to Henry Godfrey of Woodbourne, who died when she was a teenager. She then became the second wife of New Zealand artist, Francis Hamar Arden on 7 September 1887. Together they had three children: Captain Henry Neville (5 January 1889 – 4 October 1917), Phyllis Godfrey (1892) and Frances Jean (1895). Her husband died by 19 December 1899. Her eldest child was killed in action at the

Battle of Broodseinde The Battle of Broodseinde was fought on 4 October 1917 near Ypres in Belgium, at the east end of the Gheluvelt plateau, by the British Second and Fifth armies against the German 4th Army. The battle was the most successful Allied attack of t ...

during the First World War. She was taught to paint by her husband, and many of her paintings were donated to the

Govett-Brewster Art Gallery The Govett-Brewster Art Gallery is a contemporary art museum at New Plymouth New Plymouth () is the major city of the Taranaki region on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is named after the English city of Plymouth, in ...

. Several of her paintings now are in

Puke Ariki Puke Ariki is a combined museum and library at New Plymouth, New Zealand, which opened in June 2003. It is an amalgamation of the New Plymouth Public Library (founded in 1848) and the Taranaki Museum (founded in 1919). Its name, Māori for "hil ...

and the

Auckland Art Gallery Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki is the principal public gallery in Auckland, New Zealand. It has the most extensive collection of national and international art in New Zealand and frequently hosts travelling international exhibitions. Set be ...

. In January 2020, her watercolour, ''Mt Egmont,'' sold for NZ$425 at Dunbar Sloane Wellington. Arden died on 13 June 1955. She was buried at Hurdon Cemetery in

New Plymouth New Plymouth () is the major city of the Taranaki region on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is named after the English city of Plymouth, in Devon, from where the first English settlers to New Plymouth migrated. The New Pl ...

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Untitled Painting in Puke Ariki by Fanny Eliza Arden

Mt Egmont
by Fanny Eliza Ardern 1850s births 1955 deaths 19th-century New Zealand painters 20th-century New Zealand painters People from New Plymouth Colony of New Zealand people 20th-century New Zealand women painters 19th-century New Zealand women painters {{NewZealand-painter-stub