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Haurongo: Higgs, Avis Winifred

Avis Higgs, artist

Avis Higgs seated at a painting table, poised with a paintbrush over an artwork. There are other artworks, equipment, frames and mounts in the background.

Avis Higgs gave up textile design on her return to New Zealand to focus on painting. By 1973, when this photograph was taken, she was a regular exhibitor in Wellington and in other New Zealand towns. 

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: EP-1973-3706-1-F

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Douglas Lloyd-Jenkins. 'Higgs, Avis Winifred', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 2022. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/47543/avis-higgs-artist (accessed 4 June 2026).