Gabrielle Hope

Gabrielle Valerie Hyacinthe Hope (formerly Yeats, née Allan; 4 February 1916 – 9 September 1962) was a New Zealand painter known for her watercolours and drawings.

She rode ponies to school, worked with cattle for the agricultural & pastoral shows, and helped with animal care, hay-making and food preservation.

For a short time she studied life drawing with tutors including Archibald Fisher at the Elam School of Fine Arts, though the challenge of commute and her family's needs caused her to stop.

After a turbulent relationship with Pat Hitchings and multiple moves, Gabrielle died suddenly of a stroke on 9 September 1962, in Howick.

[3] Gabrielle's primary media were watercolour and gouache, which she enjoyed because of their ability to layer colour with spontaneity and without the time constraints of oil paints.

"[3] Ross Fraser, who met Gabrielle in 1955 and knew her until her death, has said that she had "sympathetic interest in individuals, in the human condition, and in the miraculous and inexhaustible morphology of the animal world.

Fruit and Flowers (1951), watercolor on paper.
Cattle at Rest (1953)