Sina Woolcott Explained

Sina Woolcott
Birth Name:	Sina Helen Gibson Woolcott
Birth Date:	24 August 1907
Birth Place:	Ba, Fiji
Death Place:	Auckland, New Zealand
Nationality:	New Zealand
Field:	Painting

Sina Helen Gibson Woolcott (24 August 1907 – 29 May 2003) was a New Zealand artist, born in Ba, Fiji.^[1]

Woolcott was educated at the Elam School of Fine Art in Auckland. She was a member of, and exhibited with:

• Auckland Society of Arts^[2]
• New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts^[3]
• Rutland Group^{[4] [5]}
• The Group^{[6] [7]} in 1950^[8]

Further reading

Artist files for Sina Woolcott are held at:

• E. H. McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
• Hocken Collections Uare Taoka o Hākena

Notes and References

1. Web site: Woolcott, Sina. findnzartists.org.nz. en. 9 October 2017.
2. Web site: Artists exhibited with Auckland Society of Arts. findnzartists.org.nz. en. 9 October 2017.
3. Web site: Artists exhibited with New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts. findnzartists.org.nz. en. 9 October 2017.
4. Book: Ian Thwaites and Rie Fletcher. We Learnt to See: Elam's Rutland Group 1935-1958: A Biographical Journey with Auckland Artists. Puriri Press. 2004. 9780908943272.
5. Web site: Artists exhibited with Rutland Group. findnzartists.org.nz. en. 9 October 2017.
6. Web site: The Group 1927 - 1977: an annotated bibliography - Heritage - Christchurch City Libraries. christchurchcitylibraries.com. en. 9 October 2017.
7. Web site: Artists exhibited with The Group. findnzartists.org.nz. en. 9 October 2017.
8. Web site: The Group 1950. christchurchartgallery.org.nz. 26 October 2017.