About Bessie Christie
Lived 1904 – 1983 (aged 78). Bessie Christie was a New Zealand painter and printmaker.
Elizabeth Froomes Christie (3 August 1904 – 9 March 1983) was a New Zealand painter.
Career Born in Wellington on 3 August 1904, Christie trained at the Elam School of Fine Art at the University of Auckland. She taught art at Takapuna Grammar School between 1935 and 1940.
During World War II she was a driver in the New Zealand Women's Auxiliary Army Corps and her paintings were included in the 1944 Artists in Uniform exhibition.
Although Christie did paint some landscapes in oils, throughout the 1950s, exhibiting alongside A. Lois White, May Smith, Helen Brown, and Frances Hunt.
Death Christie died in Auckland on 9 March 1983, and her body was cremated at Purewa Crematorium.
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Who was Bessie Christie?
New Zealand artist (1904–1983)
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Bessie Christie was born on 3 August 1904 in Wellington.
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Bessie Christie died on 9 March 1983 in Auckland.
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Bessie Christie was a painter and printmaker.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Bessie Christie. https://biography.guide/bessie-christie/
MLA: "Bessie Christie." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/bessie-christie/.
Chicago: "Bessie Christie." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/bessie-christie/.
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