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Nineteenth Century New Zealand Artists: A Guide & Handbook

BURCHER, Mrs K. née KERRY, Catherine Wright 1849–1921

BURCHER, Mrs K. née KERRY, Catherine Wright 1849–1921

Born Bebington, Cheshire, daughter of Rubens James Kerry; arrived Auckland with her husband A. E. Bircher. Exhibited with Society of Artists 1879, ASA 1881–95, on committee of NZ Art Students Assoc 1884–85 and exhibited with them. Said to have attracted notice by her painting and glazing of china. During 1914–1918 war made a copy of E. Blair Leighton's In Time of Peril in ACAG; the copy was sold for £2000 for benefit of the Red Cross. She died in Auckland.