About Rena Frances Manson
Lived 1914 – 2013 (aged 98–99). Rena Frances Manson was a New Zealand artist.
Rena Frances Manson (née Brodie) (August 1914 – 8 October 2013) was a New Zealand artist.
Manson was born in Hāwera, Taranaki, in August 1914. She was the daughter of Frank and Hilda (Pearl) Brodie, and granddaughter of Captain Francis (Frank) Brodie (1837–1916), and Rowena Brodie, née Williams (1855–1936). Manson's father was a bank manager, first in Hokitika, then Ashburton. The Brodie family left Ashburton in 1930, and moved to Auckland.
Manson studied at the Elam School of Fine Arts where her lecturers included John Weeks and Lois White.
Manson died in 2013, aged 99.
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New Zealand artist (1914-2013)
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Rena Frances Manson was born in 1914 in Hāwera.
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