Jimsie C. Fraser
Biography
Miss Jimsie C. Fraser was a well-known artist in Dunedin who painted New Zealand landscapes and exhibited with the Otago Arts Society (1894 + other dates unknown) and also with Auckland Society of Arts. She regularly sold her work at auction in Dunedin but also in Wellington. It appears she was also a musician and benefactor and ran her own business specialising in luggage and crockery.
See news articles and web links below where she is mentioned:
Mention of her in the personal column in the Evening Star Issue 18037, 3 Aug 1922, page 7
"Miss Jimsie C. Fraser, artist, left by the express to-day for Christchurch."
She is referred to as the former owner of this travel case in the collection of Wyndham and District Historical Museum WY.1991.2
"This case was sold through the 'Home of Suitcases' store, located on Stuart Street, Dunedin and owned by Miss Jimsie C Fraser. Miss Fraser must have been a very interesting and entrepreneurial character - a recognised painter, musician and benefactor, as well as running her own business specialising in luggage and crockery."
- https://www.nzmuseums.co.nz/collections/3102/objects/1044964/travel-case-letholite
EVENING POST, VOLUME CVII, ISSUE 42, 19 FEBRUARY 1924, PAGE 6
"Messrs. Harcourt and Co. will sell by auction at their rooms, 195, Lambton quay, on Thursday, at 1.30 p.m., an extensive catalogue of oil paintings by that well-known Dunedin artist, Miss Jimsie C. Fraser. Amongst the collection will be found many of New Zealand's most famous landscapes, and there are besides a number of attractive seascapes. This is the first occasion on which Miss Fraser's works have been offered to the public of Wellington."
EVENING POST, VOLUME CVII, ISSUE 45, 22 FEBRUARY 1924, PAGE 8
"SALE OF PAINTINGS. Before a good attendance yesterday afternoon Messrs. Harcourt aqnd Co. submitted to auction fifty oil paintings of New Zealand scenery by Miss Jimsie C. Fraser, the well-known Dunedin artist. Bidding was keen throughout the sale, and every lot was sold under the hammer."
See news articles and web links below where she is mentioned:
Mention of her in the personal column in the Evening Star Issue 18037, 3 Aug 1922, page 7
"Miss Jimsie C. Fraser, artist, left by the express to-day for Christchurch."
She is referred to as the former owner of this travel case in the collection of Wyndham and District Historical Museum WY.1991.2
"This case was sold through the 'Home of Suitcases' store, located on Stuart Street, Dunedin and owned by Miss Jimsie C Fraser. Miss Fraser must have been a very interesting and entrepreneurial character - a recognised painter, musician and benefactor, as well as running her own business specialising in luggage and crockery."
- https://www.nzmuseums.co.nz/collections/3102/objects/1044964/travel-case-letholite
EVENING POST, VOLUME CVII, ISSUE 42, 19 FEBRUARY 1924, PAGE 6
"Messrs. Harcourt and Co. will sell by auction at their rooms, 195, Lambton quay, on Thursday, at 1.30 p.m., an extensive catalogue of oil paintings by that well-known Dunedin artist, Miss Jimsie C. Fraser. Amongst the collection will be found many of New Zealand's most famous landscapes, and there are besides a number of attractive seascapes. This is the first occasion on which Miss Fraser's works have been offered to the public of Wellington."
EVENING POST, VOLUME CVII, ISSUE 45, 22 FEBRUARY 1924, PAGE 8
"SALE OF PAINTINGS. Before a good attendance yesterday afternoon Messrs. Harcourt aqnd Co. submitted to auction fifty oil paintings of New Zealand scenery by Miss Jimsie C. Fraser, the well-known Dunedin artist. Bidding was keen throughout the sale, and every lot was sold under the hammer."
active 1894-1924
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