Elsie Maud White

Elsie Maud White ( Boyd, 1889 – 1978) was a New Zealand artist who was well known for her miniature portraits. She was the first New Zealander to be elected to the Society of Miniaturists and had the first New Zealand miniature exhibited by the Royal Academy.

Biography Elise Maud White was born in 1889 in Rangiora, the daughter of Thomas Boyd. She married Robert Oscar White in 1914. They had three sons, one of whom studied at the Auckland School of Art.

She was largely self-taught, but also trained under Samuel Moreton. She was also awarded had a First Diploma at the New Zealand Centennial Exhibition in 1940. In 1944, she set up a studio in Timaru and then she moved it to Christchurch in 1945. Her obituary describes the years following World War II as her most productive years.