Nineteenth Century New Zealand Artists: A Guide & Handbook
BARTLEY, Edward 1839–1919
BARTLEY, Edward 1839–1919
Born in Jersey where he and his brother Robert became boat builders: arrived in Auckland 1854 and established himself as a builder and architect. In 1869 was one of the founders of the Society of Artists, Auckland, and was on the committee of that society for many years after he had stopped exhibiting. Was uncle of the Christchurch painter Edwin Bartley. Exhibited with Society of Artists, Auckland 1871–77; with ASA 1881, 1882; in the Sydney Art Ex. 1872 where he received an honourable mention for a watercolour. An undated watercolour is in Hocken.