Nineteenth Century New Zealand Artists: A Guide & Handbook
WHITEMAN, Violet Emily née Sells 1873–1952
WHITEMAN, Violet Emily née Sells 1873–1952
Born Guildford, Surrey. Studied art under Herkomer, at the School of Art, Bushey, and under Frank Calderon and Stanhope Forbes; anatomy at the London Veterinary College. She lived on a farm in Herefordshire but came to New Zealand 1926 and settled near Wanganui, where she died.