Mabel Hill

Mabel Hill (3 March 1872 – 18 November 1956) was a New Zealand artist known for landscapes, portraits, and floral still lifes.

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

[1] During her time at the Wellington School of Design, she met and was heavily influenced by the Scottish artist James M. Nairn, who introduced her to contemporary European art movements, especially Impressionism.

[1] Her son John McIndoe was also an artist and later ran the family printing firm.

[1] She travelled extensively after her children left home until the outbreak of the Second World War, visiting the United States (where her son Archibald lived for a time), Tahiti, and Europe.

John Logan Campbell , mayor of Auckland, painted by Mabel Hill in 1901.
Group portrait of students at the Wellington School of Design. Mabel Hill is at far left with James Nairn ; Mollie Tripe has the skeleton's arm around her shoulder.