About Fanny Arden
Lived 1859 – 1955 (aged 95–96). Fanny Arden was a New Zealand painter.
Fanny Eliza Arden (; – 13 June 1955) was a New Zealand artist.
Biography Fanny Eliza Arden was born circa 1859 to Henry Godfrey of Woodbourne, who died when she was a teenager. Together they had three children: Captain Henry Neville (5 January 1889 – 4 October 1917), Phyllis Godfrey (1892) and Frances Jean (1895). Her husband died by 19 December 1899. Her eldest child was killed in action at the Battle of Broodseinde during the First World War. Several of her paintings now are in Puke Ariki
Arden died on 13 June 1955.
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New Zealand artist (1859–1955)
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