Nellie Rosyth Christmas b. 22 July 1876

Also known as Mrs. F. C. Stockwell
  • Artist (Painter)
Nellie Christmas was a plein air painter in WA; taught by her brother Ernest W. Christmas. All works are signed "Nellie Christmas." After marriage to Fred Stockwell in 1905 she changed her name. No works by Mrs. F. C. Stockwell are known. Nellie had four children, Bill, Bettina, Aileen, and Bunny (Robert) with Fred Stockwell, B.Sc. who rose to Assistant Director of Technical Education for Western Australia 1917-1925.
Tags: landcape, plein air, naturalism
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creator of
Old timer's camp
Date
Medium
oil on canvas, 41 X 61 cm

Provenance: Stirling Galleries, Perth, 1979; private Collection, Perth until 2019; Mary Louise and David Wordsworth Collection, Peppermint Grove, WA until 2025; Private Collection, Sydney.

 
creator of
Evening on the Blackwood river
Date

Janet Holmes a Court Collection, Perth