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Jill Trevelyan | |
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| Born | 1963 (age 60–61) |
| Nationality | New Zealand |
| Subject | New Zealand art |
Jill Trevelyan (born 1963) is a New Zealand art curator, reviewer, and author who specialises in 20th century New Zealand art. Her publications include the collected letters of New Zealand painter Toss Woollaston and a biography of New Zealand art dealer Peter McLeavey, which won the Book of the Year award in the New Zealand Post Book Awards in 2014. [1] [2]
As of 2015, she is the manager of the art collection belonging to New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. [3]
Publications
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- Robin White: Something is happening here (edited by Sarah Farrar, Jill Trevelyan and Nina Tonga, Te Papa Press and Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki) ISBN 9780995138438
- Peter McLeavey: the life and times of a New Zealand art dealer, Wellington: Te Papa Press, 2013. ISBN 9780987668844
- Rita Angus: an artist's life, Wellington: Te Papa Press, 2008. ISBN 9781877385391
- Jill Trevelyan and William McAloon, Rita Angus: life & vision, Wellington: Te Papa Press, 2008. ISBN 9781877385353
- Jill Trevelyan and Sarah Treadwell, Joanna Margaret Paul: Drawing, Auckland: Auckland University Press and Mahara Gallery, 2006. ISBN 1869403681
- Toss Woollaston: a life in letters, Wellington: Te Papa Press, 2004. ISBN 0909010072
- Jill Trevelyan and Vita Cochran, Rita Angus: live to paint & paint to live, Auckland: Godwit Press in association with City Gallery Wellington, 2001. ISBN 1869620917
- Frances Hodgkins, Wellington: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, 1993. ISBN 0908843054
- A Canterbury perspective since the 'sixties, Christchurch: Robert McDougall Art Gallery, 1990. ISBN 0908874057
Articles
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- 'Multiplying the angles', New Zealand Listener, 31 Jan 2015 [4]
- 'The path followed', Art New Zealand, no. 146, Winter 2013, pp. 62–66 [5]
- 'Doing what she pleased', New Zealand books, vol. 20 no.1, Autumn 2010, p. 19 [6]
- 'Brideshead revisited', New Zealand Listener, 28 March 2009, p. 43 [7]
- 'Power of now', New Zealand Listener, 7 Feb 2009, pp. 44–45 [8]
- 'Strange fruit', New Zealand Listener, 9 Aug 2008, p. 44 [9]
- 'Perfectly fairy-godmotherish : the friendship of Toss Woollaston and Ursula Bethell', Kotare - New Zealand Notes & Queries, vol. 4, no. 1, June 2001, pp. 3–16 [10]
- 'Great expectations : the Promised Land at the Suter', Art New Zealand, no. 96, Spring 2000, pp. 99–101,110 [11]
- ' Leonard Mitchell : a cautionary tale', Art New Zealand, no. 67, Winter 1993, pp. 85–87 [12]
- 'T A McCormack : the late work', Art New Zealand, no. 61, Summer 1991/92, pp. 58–61 [13]
Awards and recognitions
- (2014) New Zealand Post Book Awards Book of the Year and Best Non-fiction book for Peter McLeavey : the life and times of a New Zealand art dealer [1]
- (2014) Random House New Zealand Award for Best Illustrated Book at the PANZ Awards for Peter McLeavey : the life and times of a New Zealand art dealer [14]
- (2009) Montana Medal for Non-Fiction and winner of the Biography Category in the Montana Book Awards for Rita Angus : an artist's life [15]
- (2009) Nielsen BookData NZ Booksellers' Choice Award for Rita Angus : an artist's life [16]
- (2008) Copyright Licensing Ltd Writers Award ($35,000 towards the writing of Rita Angus : an artist's life) [17]
Further information
- Jill Trevelyan at the NZ Festival Writers Week, RNZ National, 11 March 2014
- Jill Trevelyan on Peter McLeavey, RadioLive, 17 November 2013
- Jill Trevelyan interviewed on artist Rita Angus, RNZ National, 24 June 2013
References
- ^ a b Backhouse, Matthew (28 August 2014). "'Stunning' biography beats Catton in NZ awards". NZ Herald. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ^ "Jill Trevelyan on Peter McLeavey, art and stellar biography". Booknotes Unbound. New Zealand Books Council. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ^ "Peter McLeavey: The life and times of a New Zealand art dealer". Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.
- ^ "Multiplying the angles". Index New Zealand. Retrieved 20 December 2015.[ permanent dead link]
- ^ "The path followed". Index New Zealand. Retrieved 20 December 2015.[ permanent dead link]
- ^ "Doing what she pleased". Index New Zealand. Retrieved 20 December 2015.[ permanent dead link]
- ^ "Brideshead revisited'". Index New Zealand. Retrieved 20 December 2015.[ permanent dead link]
- ^ "Power of now". Index New Zealand. Retrieved 20 December 2015.[ permanent dead link]
- ^ "Strange fruit". Index New Zealand. Retrieved 20 December 2015.[ permanent dead link]
- ^ "Perfectly fairy-godmotherish : the friendship of Toss Woollaston and Ursula Bethell". Index New Zealand. Retrieved 20 December 2015.[ permanent dead link]
- ^ "Great expectations : the Promised Land at the Suter". Index New Zealand. Retrieved 20 December 2015.[ permanent dead link]
- ^ "Leonard Mitchell : a cautionary tale". Index New Zealand. Retrieved 20 December 2015.[ permanent dead link]
- ^ "T A McCormack : the late work". Index New Zealand. Retrieved 20 December 2015.[ permanent dead link]
- ^ "Extraordinary life story from Te Papa Press nominated for top award". Ministry for Culture and Heritage. 23 July 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ^ "Perkins Writes Story of her Wife to Win Montana Medal". Creative New Zealand. 28 July 2009. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ^ "Rita Angus: An Artist's Life". Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ^ "Writer's Prize Paved Way For Angus Biography". Scoop.co.nz. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
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