MACLENNAN, Stewart Bell
OBE [Officer of the Order of the British Empire] (1968), retired
Born: Dunedin, 14 May 1903, son of J Maclennan; married 1939 Dorothy, daughter of P Kenwright; 2 sons, 2 daughters
Education: Dunedin School of Art, Royal College of Art; ARCA [Associate of Royal College of Arts], NRD, RCA [Royal College of Art] continuation school 1938, RCA prizes in design 1938, 1939
Art master Wairarapa College 1939; education officer National Gallery 1946; council NZ Academy Fine Arts 1943-49, vice-president 1949-59; regional director Empire Art Loan Exhibition Society 1950-61; president Wellington Art Club 1953-55; director National Art Gallery 1948-68; rep’d in National Gallery Wellington, City Art Gallery Auckland, Public Art Gallery Dunedin, Sargeant Art Gallery Wanganui, Suter Art Gallery Nelson, Anderson Park Art Gallery Invercargill, Napier Art Gallery, Canterbury Art Society; McDougall Art Gallery Christchurch; Hamilton Art Gallery; exhibited Biennial of Colour Lithography, Cincinnati 1956, 1st and 2nd Biennial Print Exhibitions, Tokyo 1957, 1960; retrospective exhibitions1968-69 Dunedin, Christchurch, Wellington, Nelson, Wanganui, Hamilton, Timaru
Recreation: painting, wood engraving, lithography
Private address: 69 Houghton Bay Rd, Wellington
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