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Biography: Page, Evelyn Margaret

Page discussing a controversial nude portrait

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Hear Evelyn Page talking about a controversial nude portrait which was exhibited in the Robert McDougall Art Gallery in Christchurch. She recounts how she came to paint it and how appalled her model was to see it in the gallery years later. (2 min 3 sec)

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Reference: 97/208/5

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Janet Paul. 'Page, Evelyn Margaret', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2000, updated September 2022. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/speech/40/page-discussing-a-controversial-nude-portrait (accessed 4 June 2026).