Mary Young Hunter

Mary Young Hunter or Young-Hunter (1872 – 1947) was a New Zealand painter.[1]

Mary Young Hunter
Born
Mary Towgood

(1872-04-11)April 11, 1872
Napier
DiedSeptember 8, 1947(1947-09-08) (aged 75)
Monterey, California, US
NationalityNew Zealand
OccupationPainter
Spouse(s)John Young-Hunter
Children1

Biography

Hunter was born in Napier and married John Young-Hunter. She exhibited with the Royal Academy from 1900.[2]

She had a daughter, Gabrielle Young-Hunter, who married Edward G. Kuster in Germany in 1928.[3]

Works

Her works were included in the book Women Painters of the World.[4]

  • Joy and the Labourer
  • Olivia
  • Where Shall Wisdom be Found?

2 artworks by or after Mary Young Hunter at the Art UK site

Death

Hunter died in Monterey, California on September 8, 1947.[5]

  • Joy and the Labourer
  • Olivia
  • Where Shall Wisdom be Found?

References
  1. "Gabrielle Young-Hunter Kuster". Find a Grave. findagrave.com. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  2. Mary Young-Hunter in Bénézit
  3. "The late Gabrielle Kuster: "She was herself the poem"". The Carmel Pine Cone. Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. 17 August 1978. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  4. Women Painters of the World on Project Gutenberg
  5. "California Death Index, 1940-1997". FamilySearch. 26 November 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2022.


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