Peggy Spicer

Spicer was educated at Chilton Saint James School in Lower Hutt, New Zealand, and Diocesan School for Girls in Auckland.[2] She then trained at the Elam School of Fine Arts and was influenced by the teaching of John Weeks, though she was not taught by him directly.[3]

Spicer worked in watercolours, often painting landscapes and life in small towns of New Zealand. She was a contemporary of Rena Manson, Ida Eise, and Bessie Christie.[4]

After her studies, Spicer traveled to England and Egypt with her mother, Ella Spicer, also an artist. During their travels they both exhibited in Cairo.[5]

Spicer exhibited with several New Zealand art associations including:

• Auckland Society of Arts[6]
• Canterbury Society of Arts[7]
• New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts[8][9]
• Rutland Group[10][11]
• Auckland Fellowship of Artists[2]

In 1963 she was awarded the Kelliher Art Prize (second place).[12]

Her work is held at the Waihi Arts Centre and Museum Association.[13]

Artist files for Peggy Spicer are held at:

• Angela Morton Collection, Takapuna Library
• E. H. McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
• Te Aka Matua Research Library, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Also see:

• Concise Dictionary of New Zealand Artists McGahey, Kate (2000) Gilt Edge