ATKINSON, Esmond Hurworth 1888–1941

Born Wellington, grandson of painter J. C. Richmond and nephew of painter D. K. Richmond. Self-taught artist. Studied botany; worked in Department of Agriculture and from 1928–32 in the

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Dominion Museum, Wellington, as the official artist. Watercolours were reproduced in single plates for New Zealand Flowers and Fruits 1958. Exhibited with NZ Academy of Fine Arts from 1906; Centennial Ex, Represented in NAG and Hocken.