Nineteenth Century New Zealand Artists: A Guide & Handbook
ATKINSON, Esmond Hurworth 1888–1941
ATKINSON, Esmond Hurworth 1888–1941
Born Wellington, grandson of painter J. C. Richmond and nephew of painter D. K. Richmond. Self-taught artist. Studied botany; worked in Department of Agriculture and from 1928–32 in the page 27 Dominion Museum, Wellington, as the official artist. Watercolours were reproduced in single plates for New Zealand Flowers and Fruits 1958. Exhibited with NZ Academy of Fine Arts from 1906; Centennial Ex, Represented in NAG and Hocken.