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Biography: Coe, Herbert James Bowkett

Links and sources

Websites

Herbert James Bowkett Coe, National Collection of War Art, Archives New Zealand

See James Coe's paintings and sketches in the National Collection of War Art.

Bibliography

Collinge, J. ‘Background: the development of art education in New Zealand’. In R. Thorburn and P. Smith. Art in Schools: the New Zealand experience. Wellington, 1978

‘H.J.B. Coe’s talk on design’. Design Review v.1 n.6: 12

King, J. ‘Designing people: James Coe’. Designscape 105, August 1978: 29–34

Smythe, M. ‘Coe-gent contributor’. ProDesign 30, August 1997: 22

Smythe, M. ‘James Coe: profile of a design education pioneer’. ProDesign 69, February/March 2004

Wedde, I. Bill Culbert: making light work. Auckland, 2009

How to cite this page

Michael Smythe. 'Coe, Herbert James Bowkett', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2022. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/231708/sources (accessed 4 June 2026).