Christobel Loreen Aitken

1904 - 2005  (100 years)

• Name	Christobel Loreen Aitken
  Born	Feb 1904	New Zealand
  Gender	Female
  Occupation	Artist/Sculptor/Metal Work/Jewellery
  _UID	499E887F1148437EBD4B78CC54884BBD38A1
  Died	Jan 2005	New Zealand
  Person ID	I6864	My Big Tree
  Last Modified	27 Jul 2015

  
  

  Father	Peter Thomas Aitken,   b. 1 May 1861, East Taieri, Otago, New Zealand ,   d. 7 Nov 1944  (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Annie Brown,   b. 1870, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	1900  [1]
  Family ID	F2232	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Gordon J C McArthur,   b. 1902,   d. 26 Jan 1991, New Zealand  (Age 89 years)
  Last Modified	7 Oct 2007
  Family ID	F2233	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Chrystobel was a respected member of the Christchurch Art community. In 1925 she was awarded the School of Fine Art's medal for 'Special Excellence in Modelling' & upon her death a Scholarship Fund was set-up in her name(s). Christobel was an artist of some repute and known as Chrystabel. A student of the School of Fine Arts. In 1925 she was awarded the School medal for "Special Excellence in Modelling" This was the only time that the annual medal had been awarded to a sculpture student She was a member of the Christchurch Group Art Collective from 1936 to 1966, an elected member of the New Zealand Society of Artists and a member of the Canterbury Society of Artists. Some of her paintings and sculptures are in Dunedin gallery, whilst her medal and a number of her works is also in the Te Papa collection in Wellington. Christobel resided at Chester Street, Christchurch before moving into a nursing home in 2002. After dying at the age of 101 in Jan 2005, her will provided a legacy for a scholarship fund to be set up in Chrystabel's name at the School of Fine Arts at the University of Canterbury. The purpose of the fund "is to support students who face financial challenges which would otherwise prevent them from considering entry to tertiary education, or to assist with costs associated with Art History field trips for students."

  
  

• Sources

  [S77] Terry Stewart (Reliability: 3).