Sarah Hillary (artist) explained

Sarah Hilary
Birth Date:1956
Birth Place:Auckland
Nationality:New Zealand
Known For:conservation
Style:miniatures
Father:Edmund Hillary
Relatives:Peter Hillary (brother)

Sarah Hillary (born 1956, Auckland) is a New Zealand artist and art gallery conservator.[1] [2] She is the daughter of the New Zealand mountaineer Sir Edmund Hillary.[3] [4] She had also detected a forgery of a Gottfried Lindauer painting.[5]

Her art practice was creating miniatures size of matchboxes.[6]

During 1998, there was a robbery at Auckland Art Gallery, Still on Top by James Tissot was stolen and severely damaged. The painting was restored by a team lead by Hilary.[7] In 2013, Hilary treated and conserved objects for her father's exhibition, From the Summit - Hillary's Enduring Legacy at Auckland Museum.[8]

In 2019, another notable work she conserved was Colin McCahon’s Upland Road Chapel windows that garnered media attraction in New Zealand.[9]

In 2024, Hilary announced her retirement after spending 40 years in Auckland Art Gallery, over 25 years of which was Principle Conservator.[10]

Publications

Hillary's publications are:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dolphin Afternoons . 2024-09-04 . Artnow . en.
  2. Web site: Hillary, Sarah . 2024-09-04 . findnzartists.org.nz.
  3. Web site: Sarah Hillary on growing up with Sir Ed and leaving her 40-year career . 2024-09-04 . 1News . en.
  4. Web site: Hillary, Sarah Louise, 1956- . 2024-09-04 . natlib.govt.nz.
  5. Web site: 2024-09-11 . Sarah Hillary on the life of an art conservator . 2024-10-21 . . en-nz.
  6. Web site: 2024-10-21 . Sarah Hillary: 'I certainly wouldn't want to climb Everest' . 2024-10-21 . NZ Herald . en-NZ.
  7. Web site: Hillary . Sarah . 2021-04-08 . The painstaking work of restoring a painting stolen at gunpoint . 2024-10-21 . The Spinoff . en.
  8. Web site: 2013-05-04 . My happy place: Sarah Hillary, gallery conservator . 2024-10-21 . NZ Herald . en-NZ.
  9. Web site: Sarah Hillary: saving art - The University of Auckland . 2024-10-21 . www.auckland.ac.nz.
  10. Web site: 2024-09-04 . Art conservator Sarah Hillary: Forgeries, chemistry, and hidden nudes . 2024-10-21 . . en-nz.
  11. Web site: The Back of the Painting Te Papa . 2024-09-04 . tepapa.govt.nz.

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