Hildegarde Egmont Read (née Dixon, 1892–1988) was a New Zealand painter.
Her work is held in the collection of Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki.
[2] Read studied at Elam School of Fine Arts, and her contemporaries included Bruce Roughton, Guy Mountain, Jocelyn Wilkie, and Samuel Marsh Williams.
The work purchased was a "spirited sketch in sepia of the male figure.
"[4] One of Read's charcoal drawings was reproduced in English art monthly The Studio.