Joel, Grace Jane (1865–1924)

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Joel, Grace Jane (1865–1924)

New Zealand painter. Born May 28, 1865, in Dunedin, New Zealand; died Mar 6, 1924, at Kensington, London, England; dau. of Maurice Joel (merchant) and Kate (Woolf) Joel.

Joined Otago Art Society (c. 1886); studied at National Gallery School in Melbourne before settling in London and studying in France and Netherlands (c. 1899); her portraits and figures were widely exhibited in France and Great Britain, gaining moderate success.

See also Dictionary of New Zealand Biography (Vol. 2).

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