About Florence Eleanor Akins
Lived 1906 – 2012 (aged 106). Florence Eleanor Akins was a New Zealand and New Zealander artist, printmaker, embroiderer, metalworker, textile artist and teacher.
Florence Eleanor Akins (26 March 1906 – 18 October 2012) was a New Zealand artist.
Life Akins was born in Christchurch in 1906 and died at age 106 on 18 October 2012 in Nelson. She studied visual arts at the Canterbury College School of Art and graduated with a Diploma in Fine Arts in 1931. Akins was a long-serving member of staff at the school, working there full-time from 1936 to 1969.
Career Akins worked alongside, and was close friends with, fellow Canterbury College School of Art artists Bill Sutton, Francis Shurrock and, her particular friend, Chrystabel Aitken. Akins' notable students included Doris Tutill, and Ngarita Johnstone.
Akins was highly regarded for her metalwork, and for her work in textiles.
After her retirement, Akins continued to mark student papers until 1980.
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Who was Florence Eleanor Akins?
New Zealand artist and teacher (1906–2012)
When was Florence Eleanor Akins born?
Florence Eleanor Akins was born on 26 March 1906 in Christchurch.
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Florence Eleanor Akins died on 18 October 2012 in Nelson.
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Florence Eleanor Akins was an artist, printmaker, embroiderer, metalworker, textile artist and teacher.
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Florence Eleanor Akins was New Zealand and New Zealander.
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