10 Facts About Mabel Hill

Mabel Hill was a New Zealand artist known for landscapes, portraits, and floral still lifes.

Mabel Hill was born at Cox's Creek, Auckland, New Zealand, the youngest child of Charles Hill, a hatter, and his wife, Eliza Ann Hulbert.

Mabel Hill subsequently became a teacher at the school, remaining until 1897.

Mabel Hill's son John McIndoe was an artist and later ran the family printing firm.

John died in 1916, and Mabel Hill then ran the printing business until her son took over.

Mabel Hill travelled extensively after her children left home until the outbreak of the Second World War, visiting the United States, Tahiti, and Europe.

Mabel Hill's style was influenced by Impressionism, and her palette tended toward muted colours.

Mabel Hill exhibited mainly in New Zealand, in Dunedin, Christchurch, and Wellington, among other locations.

Mabel Hill joined the Otago Art Society, exhibiting work under her birth name while serving on the society's council under her married name.

Mabel Hill had private students, and she taught at Archerfield College, a private girls' school, and at the Barn Studio with Alfred Henry O'Keeffe in the early 1920s.